GRAVE ROBBING.
Munene’s burial was even more talked about than his wedding. Friends, enemies, villagers and all his 19 children showed up to see what a 25 million coffin looked like. A list of all the items he was buried with was even read out. However, Ssajjabi was also very attentive and decided that he would not stop at admiring the things, so he came back that night and started digging up the grave. Unfortunately for him, Munene’s favourite child was coming to mourn and saw Ssajjabi and shouted for help. When he was caught, Police was also puzzled about what to do with him and if grave robbing was a crime.
WHAT THE LAW SAYS?
If a person robs a grave, or does any act of removing remains without the consent of a family member or the authority of court, that person commits a criminal offense and if convicted, that person can be sentenced to up to 2 years imprisonment for offenses related to "Disturbing the peace of the dead"
A person can be liable for disturbing the peace of the dead, if he/she does any of the following:
1. unlawfully digging up bodies from the places where they were buried,
2. mutilating the bodies
3. intentionally doing any other thing on the burial place which is considered offensive by the deceased or their family.
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