In her judgment of June 10, Justice Lydia Mugambe of Kampala High Court, held that the alleged auctioning of the car in question, a pick-up, was done at the time when its search was on and that the Assistant Commissioner of Police was fully aware of its search.
"I find that the 2nd respondent (Muleterwa), a police officer, who was fully aware of the search operation for the lost car at the material time, was grossly involved in the misappropriation of the plaintiff's car.
The plaintiff's car was sold to the 2nd defendant's wife illegally," Justice Mugambe ruled.
Further in her ruling, Justice Mugambe rejected the defence of Mr Muleterwa, who at the time was a community liaison officer at Kampala Central Police Station.
"Needless to say is the close relationship of wife and husband between DW1 (Muleterwa) and Kizza Margaret, who bought the car, which demonstrates a conflict of interest in DW1's dealings in relation to this car," Justice Mugambe observed.
