A retired British man appeared in a Ugandan court on Monday on charges of "trafficking obscene publications" after police found private pictures of him having sex with another man.

However, the case was adjourned until 4 December to allow defence lawyers time obtain a copy of the evidence.

Bernard Randall (65) pleaded not guilty at his initial hearing last month to the charges, which were brought after his laptop was stolen and films on the computer were handed to a Ugandan tabloid newspaper.

"They have set the audience to December 4 so our lawyer can obtain a copy of the accusations and evidence," Randall told AFP, who appeared white-faced and visibly upset as he sat in the courtroom.

Randall, who faces a two-year sentence if convicted, fears he will be deported from Uganda.

A former computer systems expert in the finance industry who comes from Kent in southeast England, Randall first came to Uganda in 2011, shortly after his wife died just short of their 40-year wedding anniversary.

Randall, who has two grown-up daughters, only came out as a homosexual after his wife's death.

He returned on holiday to Uganda in September, but days after he arrived, thieves broke into the house where he was staying, stealing cash, mobile telephones and his computer.

The thieves passed images on the laptop to the newspaper, allegedly using anti-gay pastor Solomon Male as an intermediary.

In 2011, Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato was bludgeoned to death at his home after a newspaper splashed photos, names and addresses of gays in Uganda on the front page along with a yellow banner reading 'Hang Them'.

Uganda has repeatedly cracked down on gay activists, and proposed legislation - stalled but still awaiting a hearing before parliament, that would see the death penalty imposed for certain homosexual acts if passed.

Although legislators have said the bill could be changed, in its current form, anyone caught engaging in homosexual acts more than once, or engaging in gay sex where one partner is a minor or has HIV, would be sentenced to death


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.\-----> I very much regard homosexuality as unnatural and perverse, but surely this is over the top!

Is this driven by cultural leanings only or is this also driven by religious notions with regard to homosexuality.

I believe its driven by both cultural and religious norms extremism.

I also believe homosexuality is perversion, but killing people won't solve any problem.

It is driven by societal norm, tђε̲̣̣̣̥ people have made it amply clear they don't want tђε̲̣̣̣̥ Fatherfuckers isn't that simple †☹ obey tђε̲̣̣̣̥ white man should have gone †☹ his country W̶̲̥̅̊hε̲̣̣̣̥я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ it is telorated.
But tђε̲̣̣̣̥ Newspaper that published tђε̲̣̣̣̥ names is either dumb or intentionally wicked. Though it's good tђε̲̣̣̣̥ world is onee gay less.

Man thts harsh na

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In 2011, Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato was bludgeoned to death at his home after a newspaper splashed photos, names and addresses of gays in Uganda on the front page along with a yellow banner reading 'Hang Them'.

Uganda has repeatedly cracked down on gay activists, and proposed legislation - stalled but still awaiting a hearing before parliament, that would see the death penalty imposed for certain homosexual acts if passed.

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Wasn't Kato killed by another homosexual like himself, someone he knew and allowed to live in his home? We talked about his case extensively on another thread. The last I heard, an arrest of a companion of Kato's was made in the case. It wasn't any anti-homosexual sentiment that caused his death.

Execution of gays? That's quite extreme.