A middle-aged man was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Isiolo court for defiling a minor contrary to the law.

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The accused, Hussein Roba was found guilty of defiling a seven-year-old girl while she was asleep.

The man is said to have committed the heinous act on July 13, 2018. The court heard that the accused ambushed the girl as she slept in her mother's house and defiled her while he covered her mouth.

"He came through the door which was not locked. He undressed me and defined me while governing my mouth so that I could not scream. All this time the lights were on," the girl told the court.

The girl's mother who was sleeping was woken up by her daughter's screams where she rushed to see what was going on.

"I found that the accused had escaped but my daughter who was bleeding told me that it was Hussein (our neighbour) who had defiled her," the mother told the court.

After a medical examination, the results showed that indeed the girl had been defiled.

Before sentencing, the accused pleaded for leniency saying that he had stomach ulcers.

He also claimed that it couldna issue of mistaken identity because the following day the parents claimed they had seen footsteps from their home to his.

The judge said that the girl had given the court watertight evidence.

"I am satisfied after considering the evidence that age accused widows the girl as charged. This offence has become prevalent in Isiolo and must be discouraged. I sentence him to life imprisonment," said the Judge.