Otieno v Republic [2022] KEHC 16835 (KLR)

Otieno v Republic (Criminal Revision E114 of 2022) [2022] KEHC 16835 (KLR) (21 December 2022) (Ruling)

Neutral citation: [2022] KEHC 16835 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Siaya

Criminal Revision E114 of 2022

RE Aburili, J

December 21, 2022

Between

Michael Spencer Otieno

Applicant

and

Republic

Respondent

(Being an Application for sentence revision in Bondo PM’s Criminal Case No. E1519 of 2021 delivered by Hon. J.P. Nandi, Principal Magistrate on 27. 9.2021)

Ruling

1. On August 8, 2022, this court declined to revise sentence of 2 years imposed on the convict herein Michael Spencer Otieno on account that he seriously assaulted his guardian and grandmother without any provocation. This was vide Cr Revision E030/2022.

2. I decline to revise the sentence in view of the gender-based violence meted out on the poor old grandmother and caregiver to the convict, as convict is not remorseful.

3. File closed. I so order.

DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT SIAYA, THIS 21ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022R.E. ABURILIJUDGE