Nairobi: Man sentenced to life in prison for defiling 13-year-old daughter

A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of defiling his 13-year-old daughter.

Delivering the verdict, Kibera Law Courts Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul said the convict will serve an additional five years for cruelty after it was established that he repeatedly assaulted the child with a knife and pinched her ears using pegs.

During the hearing, the Magistrate said the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt and described the man’s conduct as “a complete lack of humanity.”

“Defiling one’s own daughter is the ultimate betrayal of parental duty, warranting the maximum penalty under the law,” the Magistrate ruled.

The court heard that the girl, after being rescued and placed in a children’s home, confided to a social worker that her father had been defiling her.

The Magistrate commended the thoroughness of the prosecution, noting that the prosecution had proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt by presenting medical evidence and witness testimony that corroborated the minor’s account.

Following the sentence, the additional five-year sentence will remain in abeyance while the convict serves his life term.