The High Court in Kampala has ordered the American couple accused of trafficking and torturing their 10-year-old adopted son to pay cash bail of Shs50 million each.
The couple, Nicholas Spencer, 32, and his wife Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, also 32, who came to Uganda in 2017 were arrested in December last year before being remanded to Luzira prison.
The two applied for bail citing their health conditions and the inability of local prisons to accommodate them.
This morning, the High Court ruled in their favor. The court, however, instructed them to deposit their passports with the court.
In case they want to travel outside the country, they must obtain permission from the International Crimes Division of the High Court.
The couple is accused of constantly torturing a one Kayima John, a 10-year-old pupil of Dawn Children’s Center in Ntinda, between the year, 2020 and December 2022.