Headteacher Jailed For Defiling Pupil After Promising Her Good Grades
A headteacher from Tana River County has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student in exchange for a higher score in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam.
In overseeing the case, Hola Resident Magistrate Benson Kabanga declared that the prosecution had convincingly demonstrated the case without any doubt.
The testimony of the eight witnesses summoned by the prosecution, headed by Prosecution Counsel Michuki Alfred, significantly strengthened the case against the defendant.
In his ruling, Kabanga mentioned that the headteacher failed in their duty to ensure the safety of the student from any kind of harm or mistreatment.
Under the Sexual Offences Act, if someone sexually assaults a minor aged between sixteen and eighteen, they can face a minimum of fifteen years in prison upon being found guilty.
Kibera Law Courts, on the same day, sentenced a man to serve 60 years imprisonment for defiling a 2-year-old child.
In this particular case, the accused was charged with two counts – defilement and Committing an Indecent Act with a Child.
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The convict was accused of luring his victim from where she was playing with her friends under the pretext of going to buy candy for her.
“The prosecution through Miss Jane Gitahi called seven (7) witnesses, and when the accused was placed on his defense, he was unable to dislodge the prosecution case,” the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) stated.
In a similar case, a High Court in Embu sentenced a former DCIO to serve 20 years imprisonment on two counts of rape and a further 10 years imprisonment on a count of abuse of position of authority.
According to the ODPP, the former detective was accused of raping a victim while under custody at his police station. ODPP filed an appeal at the High Court after a lower court released the former police officer.
“The Appellate Court, in setting aside the judgment of the Trial Court, agreed that the prosecution had proven all counts overwhelmingly and that the Trial Court had erred in descending into the arena of litigation and in considering extraneous factors while acquitting the Respondent,” ODPP detailed.
Headteacher Jailed For Defiling Pupil After Promising Her Good Grades