KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police in Kampala have arrested a doctor attached to a top medical facility for allegedly luring a woman into sexual intercourse with fake HIV results.
The suspect was arrested at Biva Hotel in Rubaga Division, Kampala, where he had allegedly taken the victim in order to have sex with him.
According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy spokesperson ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, the sexual harassment was foiled after the victim informed the authorities in time and the police tracked down the suspect.
“The suspect is detained at Nateete Police Station. We thank the victim for being proactive. We were able to prevent a crime,” Mr Owoyesigyire said in a Sunday police statement.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the victim who was sent by a labour export company went to the medical facility located along Lumumba Avenue for an HIV test which is a mandatory practice for all domestic workers travelling to the Middle East.
“She did the tests on February 6. On February 14, she was called by the suspect to go pick up her results. The results indicated that she was HIV positive, which she disputed. She did another test at another facility and results came out negative,” said Owoyesigyire said.
However, the police spokesperson said the victim went back to the Lumumba Avenue with her new HIv test results since the medical facility has monopoly on HIV tests for the unmentioned labour company.
It is from here that the victim again met the suspect, and after a chat, the suspect allegedly told the woman that if she offered sex, he would give her negative results. The victim is reported to have reluctantly accepted but secretly informed her labour company that contacted the police.
Later, the suspect reportedly telephoned the victim and arranged a meeting at a lodge in Rubaga Division, where they would have sex before he hands over the HIV-negative results to her.
“She informed our officers and they tracked the duo until they were in the lodge and it was time to have sex. That is when our officers stormed the area and arrested him and later took him to Nateete Police Station where he was detained last Monday,” Mr Owoyesgyire said.
The suspect however denied any wrongdoing and claimed that his relationship with the victim was consensual, but police said the detectives said are considering the charge of attempted rape against the suspect.
According to the Penal Code Act, of 1950, Attempted rape is defined as unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman or girl, without her consent or if the consent is obtained by force or through threats, among others.
The case is a capital offence and attracts life imprisonment on conviction.
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