Two men will serve life imprisonment over separate cases involving sexual offences against minors.
Makindu Law Courts Senior Resident Magistrate handed down the sentences to Nicholas Kioko and Dominic Mwilu Ndungu after Prosecution proved its cases beyond reasonable doubt.
In the first case, Nicholas Kioko was convicted of defiling a 10-year-old child.
The abuse came to light through a school-based initiative in which learners were asked to anonymously write about challenges affecting them.
This led to arrest and arraignment of Kioko. Evidence presented was consistent and credible according to the court, leading to Kioko’s conviction.
In the second matter, Dominic Mwilu Ndungu was convicted of incest.
The court heard that his seven-year-old relative was subjected to sexual abuse by the accused.
Medical evidence and witness testimony linked him to the crime.
The court held that Prosecution had established all the essential elements of the charge and consequently sentenced Ndungu to life imprisonment, as stipulated by law where the victim of incest is a minor.
