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Four policemen arrested over receiving Shs5m bribe to free defilement suspect

Four police officers attached to Lolwe Police Station in Bukhooli Islands, Namayingo District are being investigated after a pastor who was being held on allegations of aggravated defilement escaped from custody on September 29.

Pastor Jimmy Masette, 42, of Vision Way of Truth Church at Kandege Landing Site in Lolwe Island had on Saturday, September 28 been taken into custody at Kandege Police Post for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old pupil of Kandege Church of God Primary School.

However, the suspect is said to have escaped from police cells under unclear circumstances, according to the Namayingo deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Suleiman Walugembe.

“A pastor, who had been arrested over accusations of defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old girl, is said to have escaped from police cells,” Mr Walugembe said on September 30 adding that at the time of his escape on Sunday night, the pastor was being held with three other suspects still in police custody.

Following the escape, Mr Walugembe ordered for the immediate arrest of four police officers at Lolwe Police Station for aiding the pastor’s escape.

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