The High Court sitting in Uganda capital, Kampala, has on Friday afternoon ruled that city businessman Andrew Kananura alias Desh, is not guilty of murdering his worker at Panamera bar in Naguru in 2012.
Desh, his brother Raymond Kananura and three others were accused of brutally killing Badru Katerega an employee of Panamera.
Justice Joseph Murangira said that prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Kananura participated in the said murder.
Last week, two court assessors Mr Robert Kabureta and Ms Rehema Babirye, in their joint lay man’s opinion, advised court to find Kananura not guilty of murdering his employee on grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against him.
The assessors also advised court to acquit the accused on grounds that most of the prosecution witnesses, who testified against them, were basing their testimony on mere hearsay.
Equally, assessors told court to acquit the Kananura’s co-accused including his brother Raymond, Cyrus Maganda and Samuel Muzolewa.