Six pupils of Real Infant primary school in Wakiso district have pinned their headteacher Didas Mpagi alias Bakulu for sodomizing them on several occasions.
According to the pupils, Mpagi sodomized them between 2016 and 2019. Yesterday Thursday, Mpagi appeared before the International Crimes Division justice David Wangutusi on charges of aggravated defilement.
According to the prosecution, the victims were required to sleep naked, and Mpagi would then fondle their genitals with his fingers and thereafter practice oral and penetrative anal sex on them.
The children who were aged between 10 years and 16 years then when the crime was allegedly committed, told the court that Mpagi who was also a youth pastor admitted them into the school on a bursary scheme and threatened to withdraw it if they refused to have sex with him or reported the matter.
The prosecution notes that the headteacher who also used to work as a warden at the school would reportedly sleep with each of the victims in the dormitory where he also often slept.
Court heard that due to Mpagi's actions, the victims felt pain in the stomach and buttocks and also found it hard to pass urine and feaces normally. Prosecution further states that Mpagi would intimidate the boys whenever they complained about his actions.
"He also threatened them that being a pastor and a man of God, he could easily know in case they reported the incident to anyone and this forced the victims to remain in a system of sexual exploitation and constant fear," reads the case summary.
The case was adjourned to June 8 for further hearing. Mpagi is facing 12 charges related to aggravated defilement and trafficking in children. Mpagi was remanded to Kitalya government prison.
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