In the hearing on Monday, the judges\u2019 jury announced the appeal case was withdrawn pursuant to the defendants\u2019 request dated August 26, without clarifying on the request letter\u2019s content.<\/p>\n
The defendants didn\u2019t explain anything about their request either.
\nKizito was arrested in April 2014 with three accomplices. He was charged with complicity in acts against the state security.<\/p>\n
In February 2015, the High Court in Kigali sentenced Kizito to 10 years in jail after convicting him with conspiracy to murder and formation of a criminal gang.<\/p>\n
The co-accused, former Amazing Grace Radio reporter Cassien Ntamuhanga was sentenced to 25 years in prison after finding him guilty of formation of a criminal gang, conspiracy against the established government and complicity in a terrorist act.<\/p>\n
Ntamuhanga broke the prison last year and was later heard on Voice of America radio speaking reportedly from abroad without revealing his hideout.<\/p>\n
Former combatant Jean Paul Dukuzumuremyi was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but, the court acquitted Agn\u00e8s Niyibizi after they found her not guilty of any charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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