A Court in Bondo has sentenced a middle aged man to10 years behind bars after finding him guilty of indecently touching a 13 year old girl.
George Otieno was sentenced for the indecent act committed in August 2017.
Principal Magistrate Moses Obiero stated that on the said period, the accused indecently touched the minor at Masita village within Bondo.
The accused faced two counts of offenses namely defilement contrary to section 8 and committing an indecent act with a minor contrary to sec 11(c) of Sexual Offense Act.
It, however, emerged that the prosecution failed to prove the first accusation of defilement.
The accused pleaded for leniency arguing that he was a first time offender and of poor health but the judge insisted that he deserved the senntence issued.
Magistrate Obiero ruled that he had considered all the evidence provided by the prosecution witnesses and ruled that the law proscribes that the accused be sentenced for a minimum of 10 years for the crime committed.
He directed that the accused had 14 days to appeal against the ruling.
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