Uganda court orders deportation of Briton in gay sex case

– A retired British man at the centre of a gay sex
case in Uganda will be deported Wednesday, a
court ruled.
"The court orders immediate deportation within 12
hours," of Bernard Randall, judge Hellen Ajio said.
An earlier charge of "trafficking obscene
publications" against Randall was dropped.
An official from the prosecutor's office gave no
reason for the change, but said Randall was being
deported because he had "kept on corrupting
Uganda's youth" and had not renewed his visa on
time.
"Lies!" retorted Randall, although his lawyer, John
Francis Onyango, said the ruling would not be
appealed.
The lawyer had asked that his client be given five
days in which to leave the country.
Officials at the court in Entebbe, outside Kampala,
said police would accompany Randall to his home
and allow him to collect his personal belongings
before escorting him to the airport.
The charges were brought against Randall after his
laptop was stolen and films on the computer were
handed to a Ugandan tabloid newspaper.
A former computer systems expert who comes
from Kent, southeast England, Randall first
travelled to Uganda in 2011, shortly after his wife
died just short of their 40-year wedding
anniversary. He returned on holiday to Uganda in
September.
Randall, who has two grown-up daughters, only
came out as a homosexual after his wife's death.
Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda. A law adopted
by parliament last month but rejected by President
Yoweri Museveni would have seen repeat
homosexuals jailed for life.

Sent From David Aniemeka