Police in Uganda have arrested a 110-year-old man over allegations of killing his 109-year-old wife over denying him conjugal rights.
The incident that happened in Ntungamo district, Kahunga Parish was confirmed by Rwizi Police spokesperson Samson Kasasira.
Kasasira said that the man identified as Dominic Babiiha murdered his wife Costansio Bakasisa using a billhook on Saturday.
“It is alleged that at around 8:00 pm on December 14, the deceased had turned down his husband’s request to join him in bed because she was feeling weak and had a cough, and that the two peasants went to sleep in separate rooms with the deceases moving in with his two great-grandchildren,” Kasasira said as reported by Daily Monitor.
The police spokesperson noted that early the suspect was heard saying that he couldn’t die alone.
“It’s then that the suspect started stabling the deceased multiple times which forced the grandchildren to run out and seek help from neighbors.”
Upon the arrival of neighbours, the wife of the suspect was already dead.
Police also found the suspect unconscious locked in a room with a bottle of a chemical.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the couple was married and staying in the same house but sleeping in separate rooms.
Police have since launched an investigation into the incident.
