A 64-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after his bid to reduce a ten-year sentence for rape was enhanced by the High Court. But shock awaited him when Justice Lucy Gitari enhanced the sentence saying the ten-year imprisonment imposed on him by the magistrate was wrong and unlawful. "The sentence imposed by the trial magistrate was clearly wrong. In her evidence, the minor said her grandfather called her to his house and removed her clothes before sleeping on her. But Justice Gitari dismissed his appeal saying the evidence of the minor was not shaken during cross-examination.

Source: The Star July 12, 2017 12:45 UTC