Kenya: Man Gets Life Sentence for Rape

Kenya: Man Gets Life Sentence for Rape

Nairobi -- A Kakamega man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling a six-year-old girl in a case in which the court considered that he had been 17 years old when he committed the offence.

Man handed life sentence for defiling six-year-old girl

NAIROBI,Kenya Sep 23 – A Kakamega man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling a six-year-old girl in a case in which the court considered that he had been 17 years old when he committed the offence. The man was convicted of defilement and assault causing actual bodily harm following a successful prosecution by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP). He was initially charged with defilement contrary to Section 8(1) …