The murder of city businessman Henry Katanga was registered as a suicide case at Bugoloobi Police, a prosecution witness told the court.
Appearing before the trial judge Isaac Muwata, Dr. Richard Ambayo, a police pathologist who appeared before court for the second time to testify against the gun down of Katanga, said officers from Bugolobi Police Station which handed over the deceased’s body to him, had indicated on the form that they were investigating a matter of suicide.
The previous day, Ambayo said the bullets that killed the businessman were fired at close range. The lawyers of the accused further cross-examined Dr. Ambayo on the size of the entry and exit bullet wounds found on Katanga’s head.
He noted Dr. Ambayo said the bullet had entered Katanga’s head seven centimeters below the vertex and exited through the ear, causing commuted fractures and injuring his brain.
Dr. Ambayo further confirmed to the court that he is a qualified pathologist, which requires one to have a degree in medicine as a minimum qualification.
The prosecution still has several witnesses who are supposed to appear in court before the accused’s lawyers start tendering their defense.
Molly Katanga is accused of killing her husband, Henry Katanga. The businessman was allegedly shot dead by his wife on November 2, 2023, at their home in Mbuya, Nakawa Division, Kampala City.
Molly is charged alongside her two daughters, Martha Nkwazi and Patricia Kakwanza; George Amanyire, a shamba boy; and Charles Otai, a health worker.
Nkwanzi and Kakwanza are accused of tampering with evidence at the crime scene, rendering it unidentifiable for judicial proceedings. Amanyire and Charles Otai, a health worker, are charged with assisting others involved in the crime.
In February, the four were granted Shs2 million in cash bail while their sureties were bonded at Shs20 million and ordered to surrender their passports.
