A Nakuru court has found a 45-year-old self-proclaimed pastor guilty on charges of sodomy, defilement and child prostitution.
Resident Magistrate Eunice Kelly in her ruling said she had carefully considered the evidence adduced in court by all the witnesses in the matter and was convinced the accused committed the act.
She noted that the evidence by the minors in the matter was corroborated adding that all who testified revealed the offenses were committed in the accused's house.
“It was unfortunate that the accused Thomas Musabire took advantage of the minors to satisfy his dark sexual desires without regarding the state of the kids,” she said.
She added that the accused can be defined as a 'pervert' who is ready to go beyond the norm and exploit kids who he had grown close with to a point the minors got a chance to trust him.
Musabire who has been in custody since last year will be sentenced on December 18 as the court directed that a pre-sentence report be produced before a full sentence could be made.
The accused who was present in court is facing 20 counts of child prostitution, defilement, sodomy and promoting child pornography contrary to the law.
In his mitigation, Musabire said he is a father, a husband and the sole breadwinner of his family adding that his wife is unemployed.
He added that if released he will not talk to any kid ever.
Musabire had been charged that on diverse dates in the month of March 2017 at his house in Railways estate within Nakuru county, willingly showed pornographic materials to pupils and later asking them to practice what they watched on a mentally-ill woman.
The court heard that the accused who is a bodaboda rider and a part time pastor at a local church in Nakuru took advantage of the minors after he was hired by a number of parents who wanted their kids to be dropped to and from school to avoid rapists in the unsafe route.
The acts are said to have been committed over a long period of time, some cases dating back to 2016.
According to police, the accused is said to have lured the minors at his house by giving them gifts and after watching the pornographic materials, he would order them to practice the sexual acts on a mentally-ill middle-aged woman, who visited the house daily.
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