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Mr Nsenga died five hours later from the multiple grave injuries he suffered. Mrs Uwera’s defence was that she knocked the gate accidentally when the car jerked and she did not know who had come to open the gate for her.
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On the 28 August 2019, the Director of Public Prosecutions responded to an appeal filed by Mrs Jackeline Uwera against the decision of the High Court that had found her guilty of murdering her husband, Juvenal Nsenga, when a car she was driving ran over him and dragged him on the rough surface of the driveway for a distance of 10.3 metres.
Daily Monitor
Saturday February 27 2021
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Atrial court relied on statements attributed to the Mrs Jackeline Nsenga Uwera’s husband shortly before he died to convict her for the crime of murder. These statements are known as dying declarations and are not in themselves unequivocal. The evidence in respect of these statements was given by the relatives of Mrs Uwera’s husband with whom she had an acrimonious relationship.
To Mrs Uwera’s lawyers, the trial court erred when it did not put into consideration the prevalent family strife between their client and her in-laws. The trial court, nevertheless, made reference to the civil suit filed in the Family Division of the High Court regarding the property of Mrs Uwera’s husband. Mrs Uwera testified that upon lodging a caveat on the application by her in-laws for the grant of letters of administration to the estate of her husband, the relationship between her and her in-laws deteriorated further.
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