Francesca Amony, the former councilor of Pece Municipal Council who confessed to stabbing her husband to death over the weekend has been remanded to Gulu Main prison until December 2.
Gulu chief magistrate, Said Barigye did not allow Amony to take a plea since his court lacks jurisdiction over capital offenses. She was charged with one count of murdering her late husband Dr. Joseph Etuk, contrary to sections 188 and 189 of the Penal Code Act.
The prosecution led by David Toskin told the court that on October 28 while at their residence in Kabedo Opong in Bardege-Layibi Division in Gulu City, Amony with malice aforethought killed Etuk. Police earlier reported that the suspect on a fateful day picked up a fight with her husband and fatally stabbed him multiple times. Etuk, 34, was reportedly pronounced dead on arrival at Gulu Regional Referral hospital where he had been rushed for emergency treatment. The couple had a three-month-old baby girl. Aswa River Region police spokesperson, David Ongom Mudong told journalists at a press briefing in Gulu City earlier on Monday that investigations were still ongoing in the matter.
He said police had not yet recorded statements from the suspect since she was still traumatized by the incident but notes that police are in possession of a knife that was used to commit the murder. Mudong also notes that the police pathologist conducted a postmortem on the deceased but declined to reveal its details. The suspect was initially detained at Gulu West Division police station where she voluntarily handed herself in after the Friday evening incident.
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