A court sitting in Kericho sentenced a 35-year-old man to 40 years in prison after it found him guilty of defiling his 3-year-old niece. It is at that point, the prosecution narrated to the court, that the man left with the minor to a nearby kiosk in the pretence of buying her some candies. Citizen DigitalThe man reportedly lied to the mother that her child had been pricked by a thorn. The next day, the court heard, the mother alongside her neighbours had to further examine the child after she cried the whole night. “I, therefore, find him guilty and convict him of defilement contrary to the Sexual Offences Act of 2006 as charged,” the court ordered.

Source: Daily Nation December 02, 2022 05:11 UTC