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EX-PRISON DIRECTOR SENTENCED FOR STEALING FROM BRITISH INMATE IN RWANDA

EX-PRISON DIRECTOR SENTENCED FOR STEALING FROM BRITISH INMATE IN RWANDA
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Faith Nyasuguta 

An ex-director of the Kigali main prison has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Rwandan court for stealing money from a British inmate.

According to a court document, Innocent Kayumba, who was sentenced on Friday evening alongside his ex-deputy Eric Ntakirutimana, has appealed against the judgement.

In court, it was revealed that an acquitted IT specialist inmate who used his skills to hack the victim’s Visa card was forced by the prison director to do so.

He revealed that he was ordered to “decode” the card kept by the prison authorities after realizing that the bank account tied to it had a huge sum of money.

The victim, a British-Egyptian inmate, told the court that over £7,000 ($9,300) was taken away from his account using his card in 2020 without his knowledge.

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The ruling of the court was that Kayumba and his deputy conspired to the theft while the IT specialist was coerced to work for them, hence found not guilty.

Kayumba, a senior military officer, was transferred to the prison services in 2014, heading a prison in western Rwanda before being moved to the capital’s main prison.

He was arrested in early 2021.

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