A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for assaulting and defiling his 12-year-old daughter in Nakuru County.

Appearing before Nakuru Law Courts Senior Principal Magistrate Vincent Adet, the accused was found guilty of the heinous crime and slapped with the sentence.

The prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt after availing six witnesses who testified against the child’s father.

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“An adult male offender was convicted of the offence of incest contrary to Section 20 of the Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006. Prosecution, led by Ms Adeline Rogito and Mr Ismael Yunis, successfully established the case against the accused,” the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) stated.

The court heard that on November 9, 2024, at midday, the convict forced who was alone with the minor, forced her to commit the act with him, and after she refused, he hit her then went ahead to defile her before threatening her not to tell anyone.

The Magistrate, in sentencing the accused, underscored the gravity of the act, even though the man was a first-time offender, stating that, “The crime outweighed the mitigating factors.”

The court further noted that the offence was committed against a vulnerable child within the sanctity of a family setting, constituting an aggravating breach of trust and deemed the ultimate penalty of life imprisonment necessary given the brutality and the familial context of the crime.