A Kenyan court, siting in Eldoret has sentenced has sentenced a 70-year-old man, Jefunea Situma alias Mdudu, to 20 years imprisonment for defiling a minor.
Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution said the incident occurred on March 11, 2020, at Natwana village, Uasin Gishu.
The victim, 12, told the court that the accused pulled her by force, took her to his house, removed her clothes, defiled her and later threatened her not to scream.
She said ‘Mdudu’ threatened to kill her using a knife.
Six witnesses testified in the matter.