An elderly
man of 82 years of age got a life imprison sentence for defiling an
eight-year-old girl, and that is actually good for the society.
Festus Chemoite Mandu, 82,
pleaded guilty of sexually abusing a schoolgirl in Kakamega County.
While appearing before
Eldoret Chief Magistrate Charles Obulutsa, Mr Mandu said he would not contest
the defilement charges.
The man was accused of
luring the minor to his house when she was heading home from school on Thursday
and defiled her.
The girl was rescued by
neighbours who heard her screaming inside Mr Mandu’s house.
The villagers handed him
over to police officers.
Before sentencing him, the
magistrate warned Mr Mandu of the consequences of the offence he had confessed.
“The sentence of the
offence you have admitted is life imprisonment, do you still confess?” asked
the magistrate.
Mr Mandu responded: “It is
true. I committed the said offence as a result of the work of the devil who
lied to me.”
The convict has been given
14 days to appeal.
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