Lydia Mugambe: The film material shows that UN judges “immunity” was claimed before he was convicted of force women to work as a slave | UK News

A united nations judge who was convicted of forced to have forced a young Ugandian woman to work as a slave in Great Britain, told the police that she had “immunity” and was “not a criminal” when she was arrested, and Bodycam shows.

Lydia Mugambe used “her status” about her victim in a “most outrageous way” and made them come to Great Britain, as a dish heard.

The prosecutors said that she prevented the woman from holding down constant employment, and forced her to work as her maids and to provide childcare free of charge.

The procedure on the Oxford Crown Court has been informed that Mugambe, who is also a judge in Uganda, intended to “achieve someone who makes their lives easier and the least costs for himself”.

The 49-year-old defendant denied her victim, to do household work, and said she had “always” treated her “with love, care and patience.

“I’m a judge in my country”

Mugambe, who studied at the university of a legal doctoral thesis OxfordSeemed to be shocked when an officer said he was arrested in film material from Thames Valley Police under the modern slavery law.

Then she had a conversation with the officer, in which she said: “I am a judge in my country, I even have immunity. I’m not a criminal.”

When asked to confirm that she had immunity, Mugambe told the official: “Yes, I have a diplomatic pass.”

The conversation ended with the fact that the accused said: “I came here as a student, I need no one who works for me.

“I didn’t come with her, she asked me because she had already worked at my home, she asked me.”

Described “exploited and abused” victim

Mugambe was found guilty

According to her UN profile page, Mugambe was appointed to the United Nations judicial list in May 2023. That was three months after the police had been called to their speech in Oxfordshire.

Caroline Haughey KC for the public prosecutor said in court: “Lydia Mugambe (the woman) has exploited and abused and used her lack of understanding of her rights to properly paid employment and deceived it about the purpose of coming to Great Britain.”

The victim felt “lonely” and “glued”

The victim, which cannot be mentioned for legal reasons, told the court beforehand that she felt “lonely” and “stuck” after her working hours were limited.

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Also during the trial, Paul Raudnitz KC, defended, wondered, Mugambe, whether she organized the woman’s journey, which intends to take advantage of her in Great Britain.

Mugambe said: “I never exploited (the woman) in Uganda, why should I take advantage of her in Great Britain?”

Mr. Raudnitz also asked Mugambe whether the woman “worked from you under a punishment or consequence”, and the accused answered “No”.

The jurors accepted the public prosecutor’s claim that Mugambe had been committed to “illegal folly” with the Ugandian deputy high commissioner John Leonard Mugierwa in which they had conspired to arrange the young woman to Great Britain.

The couple took part in a “very dishonest” compromise in which Mr. Mugerwa adopted the Ugandian Hochmommission to sponsor Mugambe’s entry in Great Britain, who tried to speak to a judge who was led by a legal complaint in which Mr. Muderwa was named according to prosecutors.

Mugambe will be convicted of the same court on May 2.