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Kampala, Uganda – A US couple charged with torturing their 10-year-old foster son was convicted of lesser charges by a Ugandan court on Tuesday and ordered to pay $29,000 in fines and compensation.
They denied committing torture and child trafficking — which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment — but pleaded guilty to charges including cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment, working illegally and unlawful stay in Uganda. They were also ordered to pay the victim compensation of 100 million Ugandan shillings after the prosecution dropped the earlier charges following the plea bargain agreement.
The pair were arrested last December after the nanny of the child — who attended a special needs school — reported “repeated unbecoming inhumane treatment” to local police, according to official documents.
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