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Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man who was convicted to week’s community service by Koboko magistrates court last week, has been found dead.
Gordon Idoru found the lifeless body of 28-year-old John Awule, a resident of Nyarilo cell in Koboko municipality hanging on a rope inside his house when he went to check on him on Monday morning.
He immediately alerted the neighbors who also notified the police. According to reports, the Koboko grade one magistrates court convicted Awule last week to community service for 14 days for threatening violence.
The convict was expected to start serving his sentence this week.
Hudson Ocen, the West Nile Region Police Spokesperson says that the deceased locked himself inside his house at around 5 am and took his life.
Preliminary police investigations indicate that Awule could have committed suicide due to his conviction and subsequent sentencing to community service.
According to police reports, suicide cases in West Nile are on the rise mainly resulting from the hard, economic times arising from the prolonged lockdown.
In July alone, police registered 10 cases of suicide in the region.
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