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A Lira court has sentenced a couple to prison for forcing a 15-year-old girl to eat human faeces in a disturbing case of torture and humiliation.
The convicts, Walter Otim, 42, and his wife Collin Otim, were sentenced by Chief Magistrate Joe Fay Adoko after they were found guilty of the offence committed in Ireda Lumumba Cell in Lira City.
📸: Court Judgment image, Courtesy of New vision
Court heard that on July 29, 2025, the teenage girl had gone to a nearby salon to have her hair plaited. While there, she requested to use a toilet and was directed to an area behind the salon near the couple’s residence.
According to prosecution evidence, when the girl returned, Collin Otim intercepted her, dragged her back behind the building and assaulted her. Walter Otim later joined in and allegedly threatened to kill the teenager if she refused to eat human faeces found at the scene. Fearing for her life, the victim complied.
In his judgment, Chief Magistrate Adoko described the act as cruel, degrading and inhuman, noting that the offence carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment under Ugandan law.
The court sentenced Walter Otim to 10 years in prison, while Collin Otim was handed a three-year jail term. The magistrate also ordered that the nine months the pair had already spent on remand be deducted from their sentences.
Source: Nilepost News
The convicts, Walter Otim, 42, and his wife Collin Otim, were sentenced by Chief Magistrate Joe Fay Adoko after they were found guilty of the offence committed in Ireda Lumumba Cell in Lira City.
Court heard that on July 29, 2025, the teenage girl had gone to a nearby salon to have her hair plaited. While there, she requested to use a toilet and was directed to an area behind the salon near the couple’s residence.
According to prosecution evidence, when the girl returned, Collin Otim intercepted her, dragged her back behind the building and assaulted her. Walter Otim later joined in and allegedly threatened to kill the teenager if she refused to eat human faeces found at the scene. Fearing for her life, the victim complied.
In his judgment, Chief Magistrate Adoko described the act as cruel, degrading and inhuman, noting that the offence carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment under Ugandan law.
The court sentenced Walter Otim to 10 years in prison, while Collin Otim was handed a three-year jail term. The magistrate also ordered that the nine months the pair had already spent on remand be deducted from their sentences.
Source: Nilepost News
