{"id":17542,"date":"2021-09-13T16:56:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=17542"},"modified":"2021-09-13T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T15:36:37","slug":"chief-magistrate-arrested-over-gun-bar-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/chief-magistrate-arrested-over-gun-bar-brawl","title":{"rendered":"Chief magistrate arrested over gun bar brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Kapchorwa Chief Magistrate has been arrested and detained by the police after a bar brawl in which he is alleged to have drawn a gun at his cousins at a hotel in Moroto Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources said Chief Magistrate Brince Teko Lokeris faces charges of attempted murder and assault.<\/p>\n<p>A pistol that he was allegedly holding at the scene had also been confiscated and exhibited at Moroto Central Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that Lokeris arrived at Moroto Hotel with his cousins for a drink between 8pm and 9pm on Saturday when the incident happened.<\/p>\n<p>The source, who preferred anonymity, because he has a working relationship with the suspect, said the group developed a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>It is further alleged that Lokeris stood up and punched one of his cousins, but the victim didn\u2019t retaliate.<\/p>\n<p>Angry with the victim\u2019s inactivity, he allegedly got his pistol and cocked it before threatening the cousin with death.<\/p>\n<p>The witness said Moroto speaker Cesar Akol attempted to refrain Lokeris but failed.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing their lives in danger, the cousins called for help.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, a Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces soldier and a bodyguard to the area Internal Security Organisation commander, who had lodged at the hotel, intervened.<\/p>\n<p>In a dramatic scene, the soldier overpowered the chief magistrate and disarmed him, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers were called in and the soldier handed him over to them.<\/p>\n<p>The source further said when Lokeris got into the control of police, he again turned violent.<\/p>\n<p>The source said the officers bundled him into a waiting police car before he was driven to Moroto Central Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>Lokeris was in the district to attend the burial of his grandmother Loyce Natiiwi, who was buried on Saturday at Naitakwai village, a suburb of Moroto Town.<\/p>\n<p>When our reporter reached the State Minister for Minerals Peter Lokeris, who is the father of the chief magistrate, he regretted the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said he [Lokeris] had been release on police bond as investigations continue .<\/p>\n<p>Judiciary public relations officer Mr Jamson Karemani said: \u201cWe haven\u2019t been informed officially as an institution, but we are getting in touch with the police in Moroto.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Kapchorwa Chief Magistrate has been arrested and detained by the police after a bar brawl in which he is alleged to have drawn a gun at his cousins at a hotel in Moroto Municipality. Police sources said Chief Magistrate Brince Teko Lokeris faces charges of attempted murder and assault. 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