A man was on Monday handed a life sentence by a Nairobi court after being found guilty of defiling his minor cousin.
The court head that Boniface Mukora drugged his nine-year-old cousin before committing the crime.
Makadara senior resident magistrate William Oketch convicted Mukora of carrying out the offence on February 12, 2014 at Saika Estate where they were he was staying with the girl's family.
Led by Counsel Abel Omariba, the prosecution told the court the accused lured the girl using threatening words.
She told the court the accused used her mother's absence before blowing powder into her eyes and defiling her several times every time she rejected him.
The court also heard Mukora would then brag about defiling her while complaining that the complainant’s mother never liked him. The complainant’s mother said he took in her nephew because he had no parents.
A man was on Monday handed a life sentence by a Nairobi court after being found guilty of defiling his minor cousin. PHOTO/the-star.co.ke