Bernard Randall, British Man Charged In Gay Sex Trial, To Be Deported From Uganda
A Ugandan court on Wednesday ordered the deportation of a British man facing criminal charges related to images of him having sex with another man.
A lawyer for Bernard Randall said prosecutors were using the excuse of an expired visa to seek Randall's deportation after failing to find evidence against him in the criminal case. Lawyer Francis Onyango said his client traveled to Uganda on a tourist visa that expired after his passport was stolen.
Jane Kajuga, a spokeswoman for Uganda's directorate of prosecutions, said prosecutors dropped the case but did not explain why.
Randall, 65, likely will be flown out of the country on Thursday after a magistrate ordered his immediate deportation, police commander Edgar Nyabongo told The Associated Press.
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Uganda is allied with the United States. The state department should do more to counter this madness.
Homosexuality is criminalized in Uganda, where lawmakers last month passed a new bill that prescribes life imprisonment for "aggravated" homosexual acts.
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