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Otukol v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 3 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 297 (19 May 2025)
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, holding that the appellant’s sale of family land did not prove false pretence because he had an honest beneficial claim.
Uganda v Tindyebwa & 2 Others (Criminal Case 8 of 2018) [2025] UGHCACD 5 (18 March 2025)
The High Court convicted three accused of false pretence and conspiracy to defraud, and convicted two on money-laundering counts linked to fraud proceeds.
Nanteza v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 33 of 2023) [2024] UGHCCRD 10 (15 February 2024)
The High Court partly allowed Nanteza Agati’s appeal, quashing the intermeddling conviction but upholding the false pretences conviction, sentence, and compensation order.
Sseguya v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 21 of 2018) [2023] UGCA 9 (10 January 2023)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a second appeal against sentence, holding the lower courts properly considered mitigation and deducted four months spent on remand.
Kizito v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 22 of 2021) [2022] UGHCCRD 66 (16 August 2022)
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal over a disputed motor vehicle sale, holding the matter was civil in nature and the conviction could not stand.
Mugisha Baraka v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 63 of 2020) [2022] UGHCCRD 110 (8 June 2022)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against convictions for obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy, upholding sentence and compensation orders.
Mugisha v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 63 of 2020) [2022] UGHCCRD 156 (8 June 2022)
The court found that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant, acting jointly with others, made false representations to the complainant regarding the sale of gold, obtained substantial sums of money through these misrepresentations, and failed to deliver any genuine gold. The court held that minor inconsistencies in the prosecution evidence did not undermine the material facts establishing the offences. The appellant's argument that he did not personally receive the money was rejected, as the law recognizes constructive receipt through agents. The agreements and…
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Uganda v Malong and 3 Others (Criminal Session 4 of 2019) [2021] UGHCACD 4 (16 August 2021)
The High Court convicted three accused in a gold-scam fraud case, finding false pretence, conspiracy to defraud, and several false document counts proved.
Mukasa v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 17 of 2021) [2021] UGHCCRD 107 (2 May 2021)
The High Court partly allowed the criminal appeal, quashing convictions for interference with electrical installations and conspiracy, reducing one sentence, and confirming the false pretence conviction.
Mukasa v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 17 of 2021) [2021] UGHCCRD 88 (2 May 2021)
The appellate court found that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant installed electrical wiring without a permit and obtained money by false pretence, as evidenced by the appellant's own admissions and unchallenged prosecution testimony. The conviction on the second count (interference with electrical installations) was quashed because there was no evidence of an existing electrical installation in the area, a necessary element of the offence. The conviction for conspiracy to commit a misdemeanour was also quashed because the appellant was charged alone and no co-…
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