The military court in Kigali has postponed the trial of five Rwandan soldiers suspects involved in the “gang rape” of a woman with assaulting civilians in a Kigali suburb during COVID-19 lockdown in March this year, a judicial source disclosed to APA Thursday in Kigali.
Citing a judicial source, the report said the trial was adjourned to Friday.
The alleged victim who who was not named for legal reasons told the military court she went to police after waking up next to the soldiers during COVID-19 lockdown where people are asked to stay home, claiming she was not in any mood to consent to sex, the military prosecutor said.
The defendants who are all at the rank of private – were joined by two civilian accomplices are also facing several charges including conspiring to commit different acts of aggression against the residents of the area commonly known as Kangondo, a shanty suburb of Kigali city.
The soldiers were also charged by the military bProsecutor with being part of a criminal group, trespass abandoning their patrol stations, and complicity to robbery. All the defendants pleaded not guilty.
The military prosecutors also say there was no doubt that the soldiers committed these atrocities with their accomplices because they were picked out by the victims from an identification parade.
The prosecutor also cited medical reports which confirmed that the people that claimed to have beaten by the soldiers were really beaten and injured.
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APA – Kigali (Rwanda) – The military court in Kigali has postponed the trial of five Rwandan soldiers suspects involved in the “gang rape” of a woman with assaulting civilians in a Kigali suburb during COVID-19 lockdown in March this year, a judicial source disclosed to APA Thursday in Kigali.
Citing a judicial source, the report said the trial was adjourned to Friday.
The alleged victim who who was not named for legal reasons told the military court she went to police after waking up next to the soldiers during COVID-19 lockdown where people are asked to stay home, claiming she was not in any mood to consent to sex, the military prosecutor said.
The defendants who are all at the rank of private – were joined by two civilian accomplices are also facing several charges including conspiring to commit different acts of aggression against the residents of the area commonly known as Kangondo, a shanty suburb of Kigali city.
The soldiers were also charged by the military bProsecutor with being part of a criminal group, trespass abandoning their patrol stations, and complicity to robbery. All the defendants pleaded not guilty.
The military prosecutors also say there was no doubt that the soldiers committed these atrocities with their accomplices because they were picked out by the victims from an identification parade.
The prosecutor also cited medical reports which confirmed that the people that claimed to have beaten by the soldiers were really beaten and injured.
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