Taita Taveta: Man jailed for 20 years for defiling 15-year-old girl

A 32-year-old man based in Voi town, Taita Taveta County, will serve 20 years in jail for defiling a 15-year-old girl.

Bryson Mwanyange Mwangala, a casual worker, is alleged to have defiled the girl on February 6 in Lokichogio village in Maungu.

Five witnesses on Wednesday testified in the case.

Chief Magistrate Mildred Obura ruled that the case had been proven and that Mwangala failed to disassociate himself from the offence of defilement, contrary to Section 8(1) as read with Section 8(3) of Sexual Offence Act No. 3 of 2006.

Justice Obura noted that the prosecution proved the core ingredients of the age of the minor, penetration, and an act of defilement in proving the case against the accused.