Man jailed for 20 years for impregnating minor

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A 22-year-old man has been jailed for years by a Narok Court after it found him guilty of defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old girl.

The court heard that Wilson Letuya Nkoiboni committed the offence between December 2013 and August 2014 contrary to section 8(1) of the sexual offences act No. 3 of 2006.

The victim testified in private that she was defiled by Nkoiboni at Olenkomei area, Narok North.

On November 2, 2015, the prosecution applied for and was granted DNA results of the child, the victim as well as the accused.

However, the results from Kipngetich Bernard at the Government Chemist Department based in Nairobi exonerated the accused as the biological father of the child.

On mitigation, the accused pleaded with the court to have leniency on the sentence saying he was a businessman and that he had allegedly slept once with the minor but regretted his actions.

While reading the judgment on Thursday, Narok Chief Magistrate Wilbroda Juma said the accused had committed a serious offence and deserved to serve the whole sentence in prison.

He was given two weeks to appeal the matter but will remain in custody.

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