CASE RPA 00002/2017 / HC / NYZ Page |3 counted since his provisional detention is upheld. His request for a reduced sentence so that he can take care of the child is baseless because the child is with his mother. III. COURT DECISION 10. HOLDS that the appeal of MBONYUMUKUNZI Jean Pierre is unfounded. 11. HOLDS that MBONYUMUKUNZI Jean Pierre is guilty of defiling of a 17-year-old girl named MUKARUGENDO Marthe. 12. HOLDS that judgment RP 00099/2016 / TGI / MHG decided on 5/1/2017 by the Muhanga High Court under appeal is unchanged. 13. DECIDES that MBONYUMUKUNZI Jean Pierre is guilty. 14. CONFIRMS the sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment given to MBONYUMUKUNZI Jean Pierre by the judgment under appeal. 15. The legal costs of are borne by the state treasury because MBONYUMUKUNZI Jean Pierre who would have paid them is legally exempted. ISSUED AND READ ON 16/02/2017. JUDGE KAMANZI Dalausi REGISTRAR MUKAMAZIMPAKA Prudencienne 3|Page