Nyarugenge Intermediate Court docket on Friday, Might 22, sentenced Arnaud Shema De Bosscher, popularly generally known as DJ Toxxyk, to 1 12 months and 6 months in jail after discovering him responsible of 4 prices associated to a deadly street accident and drug-related offences.
He was additionally ordered to pay a advantageous of Rwf1,050,000.
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The ruling adopted an enchantment filed by the prosecution, which argued that the sentence beforehand handed down by the Nyarugenge Major Court docket was too lenient contemplating the gravity and penalties of the offences.
The case stems from a deadly accident that occurred within the early hours of December 20, 2025, alongside Sopetrade Highway in Kigali, the place DJ Toxxyk allegedly struck and killed Police Constable Fred Mushabe, who was directing visitors on the time.
The costs in opposition to him embody involuntary manslaughter, fleeing the scene after inflicting an accident, refusing to endure a breathalyzer check, and drug-related offences.
The decrease court docket had sentenced DJ Toxxyk to pay a advantageous of Rwf1,050,000 and carry out three months of group service, suspended for six months.
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In the course of the enchantment listening to held on Might 15, prosecutors requested Nyarugenge Intermediate Court docket to impose a five-year jail sentence and a advantageous of Rwf2.21 million.
The defence had rejected the prosecutors' arguments, insisting that the sentence issued by the first court docket was lawful and justified.
Delivering the decision on Friday, the presiding decide mentioned the court docket thought of the concurrence of offences dedicated by the accused and famous that the mixed sentence might have reached 4 years. Nevertheless, the court docket diminished the punishment to 1 12 months and 6 months resulting from mitigating elements.
The decide cited the offender's responsible plea, his cooperation and regret proven throughout the proceedings, forgiveness from the household of the deceased, and the truth that he was a first-time offender.
