File image of a man handcuffed [Photo:citizentv]
A primary school teacher was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Nakuru court on Wednesday for committing an indecent act with a minor in 2012.
According to citizent TV, the accused, Daniel Kirui Njuguna, was convicted of ejaculating on a minor’s uniform with intent to defile.
The accused had been charged with attempted defilement with an alternative count of committing an indecent act with a 7-year-old pupil.
He was however acquitted of attempted defilement by the court after prosecution failed to prove contact, as is required in law.
Senior Resident Magistrate Yvonne Khatambi committed the accused to 10 years imprisonment, saying that all the witnesses who testified in court gave corroborating evidence that was consistent in their statements.The court heard that on March 9, 2012, the accused committed an indecent act by ejaculating on the minor’s uniform with intent to defile.
The incident is said to have occured inside a matatu along the Nakuru-Nairobi highway.
According to the minor who testified in court, the teacher offered to carry her on his lap since the vehicle was full when they were traveling back to Nakuru from a school trip in Nairobi.
She added that the teacher later told her to turn where he unzipped his trouser and later ejaculated on her.