Pastor Mutesi who was the head of Gates of Heaven Ministries was found dead in her home on September 10th last year and her husband Mugisha was immediately suspected of being behind her death.
The presiding judge said that they based the ruling on the incriminating evidence including a doctors’ report and witnesses’ testimonies.
Doctors’ report revealed that Mutesi was, at the time her death, was not sick and that her body was found with wounds on the left side of the head with crushed bones.
The body was found with nail striations in the neck, had coagulated blood in the throat and the ribs at the left side of the body were broken.
The presiding judge also said that they based on testimonies which said that the couple had been living in conflicts.
Besides giving him life sentence, the court also instructed Mugisha to pay fines of Rwf one million to the family of the deceased. Both Mugisha and his lawyer did not attend court.
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