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Katanga case: Defence lawyer challenges gun evidence, cites wrong weapon

Police’s acting Director of Forensics Services Andrew Kizimula Mubiru was yesterday accused of examining DNA samples on a different gun and not that which ended the life of Kampala businessman Henry Katanga, late last year.

Mr MacDosman Kabega, one of the defence lawyers of the five accused persons, put it to Mr Mubiru that he had different serial numbers for the alleged killer pistol (a black Zastava type) in his DNA report, a scenario he said points to him examining a different gun just to implicate the widow in the murder.

“Mr Mubiru, I want to suggest to you, that pistol was never given to you,”Mr Kabega told the forensics expert.

He continued: “Mr Mubiru, I want to put it to you that you have no submission from the police to examine a gun which is in your report.”

But in response, the forensics expert said: “It's not correct”.