The court also ruled that Private Ngendahimana who was serving with Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) be stripped of his army ranks, dismissed from RDF and pay a fine worth Rwf 6,100,300.
Court decisions were read out on Tuesday at the crime scene in Rurembo Village, Byahi Cell, Rubavu Sector of Rubavu District.
The presiding officer Maj. Gérard Muhigirwa said that after hearing both sides, the accused “was found guilty of murder and is sentenced to life in prison.”
Pte Ngendahimana was found guilty of the murder committed on August 10 this year when he shot three people including Jean Marie Vianney Benimana who succumbed to death the following day due to injuries at Ruhengeri Hospital, Vincent Hakizimana whose leg was amputated and Theoneste Nzabahimana who is still hospitalized following gunshot wounds.
On the fact that the Government of Rwanda as the employer of Ngendahimana should pay fines, the court ruled that the convict committed the crime outside work precincts and should personally meet the fines.
Frederic Musabwa, a lawyer representing the family of the deceased Jean Marie Vianney Benimana said he will appeal against the court’s decision that the Government won’t pay fines for Ngendahimana.
On that fateful day, a misunderstanding between people who were in a local beer pub and the soldier was started where after Ngendahimana who was clad in casual, went to the barracks and returned with a gun that he used in shooting at people in the pub.
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