Makerere University Professor Christopher Bakuneta who is facing a sexual harassment case could walk free if the state does not find its only witness by 4th December 2018.
The development follows failure by the state to bring the same to court today.
Prosecution alleges that on March 27, 2016, while at Makerere University, Bakuneta a lecturer at the College of Natural Science had forceful sexual intercourse with a student Vanesha Ntegesa, without her consent.
The case was scheduled for hearing today Tuesday before Justice Jane Francis Abodo. However, prosecution led by Catherine Akello prayed for an adjournment on grounds that the complainant who is also the main witness had yet to be traced.
She told the judge that the victim's phone number was not reachable and she was no longer at Makerere University, which was her address three years ago.
Luckily, Justice Abodo accepted to adjourn the matter to December 4th 2018 as per the initial set of guidelines for the current criminal court session on Sexual Gender-based Violence-SBGV cases.
The guidelines which were agreed upon at the time when the session started, gave the state only one adjournment after which the case will be dismissed.
"We are still looking for the witness. We don't know where she went to. Let's hope we find her by the time we return," Akello Said. Professor Bakuneta was arrested on 28th March 2016 and remanded to Luzira until October when he was released on bail.
