5 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF UGANDA 1-0-· --· ' f - . ; - -- -·- - SI-TTING ·A T· GU-L U·. - -- Goram - - HonJustice -L.-E;-Mukasa'"lfikonyogo, DCJ Ho_n .J.ustic_e__ A.__Twinomujuni, _JA Hon Justice A.S. Nshimye, JA -- - 15 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 284/2003 NO. 10359 SGT CANBERA DICKSON ::::::::::: APPELLANT 20 vs .................................................. UGANDA · · •· •••· · · · •· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · RESPONDENT JUDGMENT OF THE COURT 25 The appellant was indicated and convicted of rape c/ s 117 and 118 of the Penal Code in the High Court of Gulu and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. He appealed to this Court against both the conviction and sentence. 30 The following are the brief facts of the case as accepted by the trial court. The appellant is an army sergeant attached to Angoko army guard Unit. On 35 2nd Feb 1999 armed with a gun, he came to Kinombe here in Gulu municipality and murdered one Olanya Romano his maternal uncle. He went back to Ongako which was also his village. He terrorised people who were living with his mother including the victim Akot Rose. She was a young widow of his late brother who had a young 40 child aged 3years. He forcefully led her on gun point,