A military court has convicted a Special Forces Command (SFC) soldier of murder and handed him a life sentence.
Private Julius Ecee, SFC’s Third Forward Airborne Regiment, will also serve 40 years in jail for aggravated robbery.
The sentences will be served concurrently.
Ecee was found guilty of fatally shooting Isaac Okola Kizito, 19th, and injuring two others on December 26, 2023.
The 01 Special Forces Group Division Court Martial sitting in Loro Town Council in Oyam District also convicted Ecee of robbing a hardware shop belonging to Robert Obote of Shs65,000 during the crime that happened after he had absconded from his guard duties in Waza.
The court chaired by Lt Col Moses Nabasa also found Ecee guilty of the murder of Okola, a civilian from Olangit ‘A’ Village in Ogwete Sub-county, who succumbed to bullet wounds sustained from a shooting spree.
SFC SOLDIER GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE OVER MURDER
