A court in Rwanda has sentenced to five years in prison a former director of Kigali’s main prison for stealing money from a British inmate.
Innocent Kayumba, who was sentenced on Friday
evening alongside his former deputy Eric Ntakirutimana, has appealed against
the judgement, a court document shows.
The court acquitted an IT specialist inmate who
used his skills to hack the victim’s Visa card after telling the court that he
was forced by the prison director to do so.
He said he was asked to “decode” the card kept
by the prison authorities after they realised that the bank account linked to
it had a large sum of money.
A British-Egyptian inmate had told the court
that more than £7,000 ($9,300) was taken away from his account using his card
last year without his knowledge.
The court ruled that Mr Kayumba and his deputy
conspired to the theft while the IT specialist was coerced to work for them,
hence found not guilty.
Mr Kayumba, a senior military officer, was
transferred to the prison services in 2014, heading a prison in western Rwanda
before moving to the capital’s main prison.
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