Kenyan baby stealer jailed for 25 years after BBC Africa Eye expose

Kenyan baby stealer jailed for 25 years after BBC Africa Eye expose

Hospital worker Fred Leparan attempted to sell a baby boy to an undercover BBC reporter.

Kenyan baby stealer jailed for 25 years after BBC expose

Brian Inganga/BBCFred Leparan (left) was convicted after attempting to sell a baby boy to an undercover reporter A Kenyan hospital employee who was caught by the BBC selling a baby on the black market has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. Fred Leparan, who worked at Nairobi’s Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital, was filmed accepting $2,500 (£2,000) to sell a baby boy under the hospital’s care. He was arrested in 2020 following a BBC Africa Eye investiga…