By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
An Australian national has been arraigned in court on charges of multiple rape cases on his female employees and human trafficking.
The suspect who was arraigned at Jinja Chief Magistrate’s Court today, 5th September 2023 is Jones Robert Williams, an Australian, and Managing Director of Jinja Marine supplies Co. Ltd.
This was revealed by SCP Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson in a press statement issued today, 5th September, 2023.
“As you are all aware Human Trafficking and Sexual abuse are disgraceful and unacceptable crimes in society. The suspect in this case is a foreign national, who took advantage of his female workers, and conditioned them into having sexual intercourse with him, failure of which, he would threaten to sack them,” SCP Enanga says in the statement.
The arraignment in court was a coordinated move between the Sexual and Gender Based Violent Department of CID Headquarters and the office of the DPP.
Enanga says, the suspect in addition, had group sex with the female victims and also instructed them to perform sexual acts, using sex toys, as he recorded them on videos.
“Several videos were recovered and exhibited. The pornographic content that was created was shared on specialised websites at a cost,” Enanga says.
Police urges members of the public with information about potential Human Trafficking offences in their area to contact the police, so that further enquiries can be carried out.
“We will continue to pursue those who abuse, manipulate and exploit vulnerable persons for personal gain,” Enanga warns.
