Uganda, April 17 -- Masaka High Court Judge Margaret Nakintu Katamba sentenced a witch doctor, Moses Makumbi, 77, and his helper, Denis Kabuye, 43, to life imprisonment for the brutal killing of a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler, Passy Mirembe.

Court heard Mirembe vanished from her parents' home in Kayugi Village, Mukungwe Sub County, Masaka, on October 23, 2017. Her body was found two days later in a nearby forest. It was mutilated and missing body parts, suggesting a possible ritualistic motive.

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Prosecution led by the resident chief state attorney Noah Kunya Prosecutors argued for the death penalty due to the heinous nature of the crime and the danger it posed to the community, particularly ...