Woman, 20, committed to High court over husband’s murder 

A 20-year-old pregnant woman has been committed to the High court for trial on charges of murdering her husband who had just been released from prison.

Chief magistrate Stella Maris Amabillis committed Neymar Fidali, a resident of Kakindu, Katabi after having the committal warrant in the matter read and translated to her.         

“Your case is now no longer in my hands,” Amabillis told Fidali. “You will no longer be brought to this court before me for mention, but you shall wait for any next criminal session of the High court possibly in Kampala or here, whichever.”          

Fidali was wife to Tony Mbaziira who was some time in 2019 arrested and remanded on some charges. With him in jail, Fidali got into another relationship with a one Rider Jonah. Along the way, Mbaziira was released before the end of the year only to find his loved one in a new relationship.         

After some time, the two rekindled their love but Fidali continued seeing Rider. On August 26, 2022, Mbaziira came home but didn’t find his wife. When he called and asked her about her whereabouts, she reportedly told him that she was in a bar in Kawempe with Rider, but he should come and collect her.            

Mbaziira dutifully went to pick up his wife whom he indeed found in the company of Rider. They boarded a taxi back home the same night. In the morning, she woke up neighbours screaming that her husband was having health complications and that he could not breathe.                

Neighbours who immediately came to see what had happened, reportedly found Mbazira lying in a pool of blood face down, his body half dressed. Police from Kisubi police station were called in and confirmed Mbazira was dead and took the body to Mulago for postmortem.  

The committal warrant says a blood-stained t-shirt was recovered, a woman’s black knicker and two phones as exhibits. Mbaziira’s body also had wounds in the chest and the back.

A postmortem report indicated the deceased had died of excessive bleeding due to a wound that run deep into the heart. A police form, 24A to ascertain the mental status of Fidali indicated the accused was of sound mind, a prerequisite to arraign a suspect before court on capital offences.              

Dressed in a green maternity dress, Fidali answered in the affirmative when the magistrate asked her if she understood all that had been explained.