A Kilifi Court has sentenced to life imprisonment a former football coach and also slapped him with hefty fine for defiling young boys under his watch.
Peter Murithi was also fined Sh90 million or failure to pay serve an extra 110 years in prison for child pornography, being in possession of videos with obscene images of a minor aged 11 years, trafficking in persons for the purposes of exploiting them sexually contrary to Section 3(1) as read with Section 3(5) of the counter trafficking persons Act No. 8 of 2010.
Kilifi Principal magistrate Ivy Wasike sentenced the coach after he was found guilty of the heinous cases.
Kilifi Law Courts.
Prosecution detailed to court how the accused, who he managed a football team consisting players under the age of 15, would recruit the minors and offer their families financial support as a way of buying their silence for his actions.
The offences were committed between 2022 and 2023 around Mwembe Tayari area, in Malindi sub-county.
The suspect has 14 days to appeal against the sentence.
