When the changes were read to the Accused, he denied the charges and a plea of NOT GUILTY was accordingly entered.
By denying the charges, the Accused put in issue all and every essential ingredient of the offence with which he is being charged.
In attempt to prove the charge, the prosecution called 5 (five) witnesses.
Prosecution first called a one, Omoine Erika, and his testimony was taken down as Pw1.
He told court that on the 18th June, 2024, while he had gone to attend court, he came riding on a bicycle, Jupiter type of size 24, black in colour and that the handles were white, belonging to his Uncle, a one, Opolot John Micheal. That upon arrival, he parked it under a jack fruit tree because there was a police officer and he entered court to attend. That upon return, around 2:00pm, he found when the bicyce was now missing. He first went home because he was hungry and the next day, he received a phone call from a police officer stating that the bicycle had been recovered. That he went to the police station whereof he found it now dismantled and in pieces, but he managed to identify the parts since his said uncle, Opolot had spent a number of years riding the same bicycle.
Pw2 opolot John Micheal told court that he identified parts of the bicycle to belong to him based on the welded portions of the seat. Pictures of the said dismantled bicycle were exhibited as PEX1.
FULL JUDGEMENT:
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