Lilian Rukundo, the Uganda Christian University student, who was on Monday 9th July convicted before the Buganda Road court on ten counts of procuring and broadcasting pornographic material changed her plea from guilty to not guilty on Friday 13th July. This was after Ms Rukundo, together with the presiding chief magistrate Mary Babirye and the state prosecutor Emily Ninsiima watched her sex video in court.
The prosecutor had asked the magistrate to watch Rukundo’s video before giving her an appropriate sentence.
However, after watching the video and listening to the facts of the case, the city socialite and model opted to deny the charges.
Rukundo has now been remanded back to Luzira prison until 16th July 2018 when she will be brought back to court for hearing after prosecution indicated that it has 4 witnesses to pin her.
This interesting shift in her case however only predicts doom for her if she is found guilty of the offences that attract a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a fine of shs 10 million according to law.
Her plea of guilt would have attracted a lesser sentence and court leniency, however, her new stand could force the court to take the maximum penalty.
A student of Journalism and Communications at Mukono based UCU, Rukundo’s lack run out a month ago when a whistleblower tipped the Anti-pornographic committee that her sex video was going viral on social media networks that made them initiate court proceedings.
