A police investigation showed that the tourguide/driver was not a certified tourguide when he took Sophia and her travel companions on their roundtrip through Uganda. The Public Prosecution decided to open a case against him, also citing negligent behaviour towards a tourist.
Thus far three hearings have been held in this case. The hearings have been reported on in local media and also in the Netherlands. This information can be found in the previous post on this website. (NB: Dutch media only on the Dutch language page)
Because the various articles about this in the media aren’t always accurate I felt the need to supply context and more information.
On Sunday July 20 the article below appeared in the Sunday Daily Monitor:
Unfortunately crucial fragments had been cut, without my knowledge. The online version has my full text:
On Monday July 21 this shorter article appeared in the New Vision:
Online version:
https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/blogs/sophias-disappearance-comes-to-court-NV_214944