Man who defiled his mentally ill daughter to spent 20 years in jail

A Maralal court has slapped a 60-year-old man with a 20-year jail sentence for defiling his mentally ill step-daughter and infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease.

Maralal Principal Magistrate, Charles Ndegwa who sentenced Mr Lesunya Lekirimpoto said the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused had committed the offense.

“The court sentences the accused to serve 20 years in jail to serve as an example to would be offenders,” noted the magistrate.

Mr Lekirimpoto was charged with defiling his step-daughter aged 19 years on March17, this at about 9pm at Jesurasalem village in Samburu East using force and intimidation.

The prosecution informed the court that on the day the incident occurred, the complainant and her mother were the first to go to sleep before Mr Lekirimpoto joined them.

The court heard that the accused, his step-daughter and his wife were sleeping on the same bed when he committed the offence.

He is said to have turned on the teenager after he had domestic differences with his wife and proceeded to defile her.

A quarrel erupted after the incident prompting the complainant and her mother to report the accused to Wamba police station after which he was arrested.

According to a medical examination report from Wamba Catholic hospital that was presented in court as an exhibit, a doctor recommended that the complainant be put on medical treatment for syphilis after she tested syphilis positive.

In mitigation the accused asked the court to be lenient on him saying he is a sole bread winner, but the court said the sentence was commensurate to the offence committed.