Kwale water vendor sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling 7-year-old boy
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KWALE, Kenya, Oct 26 — A Kwale man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of defiling a seven-year-old boy in Vivalani village, Lunga Lunga Sub-County.
Athumani Juma, a water vendor, was sentenced by Senior Principal Magistrate Lucy Kabaria at Msambweni Law Courts after the prosecution proved the offence beyond reasonable doubt.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said Juma was convicted of defilement contrary to Section 8(1), as read with Section 8(2), of the Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006.
