A 48-year-old man who blindfolded and repeatedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 20 years in jail.
John Mureu Bonea committed both offences on several occasions between 2020 and 26 August 2022 in a village in Lamu County, Kenya’s Coast.
In his ruling, Lamu Principal Magistrate Martin Wachira noted that the evidence and the prosecution’s arguments established the accused’s culpability in the crime.
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The prosecution, through Prosecution Counsel Rosemary Karanja, presented five witnesses to prove its case and guide the court in convicting and sentencing the accused.
Wachira observed that the minor suffered a lifetime of mental and psychological trauma following the awful act by her father.
The accused and his wife had separated, leaving the minor in the care of her grandmother, who would frequently send her to her father’s house to collect assorted food items.
Later, the girl’s grandmother died, and she had to be taken care of by her aunt.
This is when she opened up about her ordeal at the hands of her father.
“The aunt took her to the Mpeketoni sub-county children’s office, which referred the matter to area police before it was transferred to the Hindi police station, where the incident occurred,” said the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
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