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Suspended sentence for Twitter user over encouraging defilement of girls

By IGIHE
On 15 April 2023 at 07:00

Nyarugenge Primary Court on April 14, handed a suspended sentence to Evariste Tuyisenge, a Twitter user who used the platform to encourage the public to defile girls.

Tuyisenge, who goes by the handle "NTAMA W’IMANA 2," was arrested on March 21 after making a tweet promoting defilement.

During his April 6 hearing, Tuyisenge was represented by his lawyer, Innocent Muramira.

The prosecution charged him with ’Publication of Pornographic Images through a Computer or a Computer System’ and requested a three-year imprisonment.

The prosecution stated that Tuyisenge had shared messages encouraging people to defile children, including a tweet on March 13 that read, "Girls under the age of 17 taste good."

The judge issued a three-year suspended sentence and a fine of Rwf1m to Tuyisenge. The sentence was suspended for a year due to Tuyisenge’s guilty plea, his status as a student, and it being his first offense.


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