Calvin Alele, a resident of Lira City has been sent to jail for forty years for burning his wife to death in a heated family dispute.
Alele, 30, was convicted at the High Court in Lira after being found guilty of murdering Scovia Amule, his wife in 2019. Amule’s burnt body was found in Kabalega market in Dokolo District weeks after she went missing.
Court heard that in 2016, Alele invited Amule to stay with him at their home in Lira Town while she was working as a bursar at Leo Atubo College. However, a year later, the couple started fighting after Alele learned that his wife had two grown children with another man.
The jilted lover decided to take matters into his own hands to kill his wife after suspecting she was still dating the father to her children.
Prosecution states that in January 2019 Amule and Alele left their home in Ober Kampala in the then Lira Municipality on her motorcycle but they never returned home. Amule’s burnt body was later discovered at Kabalega market in Dokolo District weeks after she went missing.
After Amule’s disappearance, her burnt body was found dumped in Kabalega market in Dokolo District.
Justice Gaswaga, said that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Alele murdered his wife.
“I have considered all that has been said. This is a very unfortunate incident because the deceased was burnt beyond recognition. The punishment is to help the convict reform so that by the time he is free he can be a good person in the community.”
“I shall impose a sentence of 40 years. The 2 years,10 months, and 42 days you spent on remand shall be deducted,” He added.
