Otieno v Republic [2022] KEHC 16856 (KLR) | Manslaughter | Esheria

Otieno v Republic [2022] KEHC 16856 (KLR)

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Otieno v Republic (Criminal Revision E055 of 2022) [2022] KEHC 16856 (KLR) (22 December 2022) (Ruling)

Neutral citation: [2022] KEHC 16856 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Siaya

Criminal Revision E055 of 2022

RE Aburili, J

December 22, 2022

Between

Dennis Omondi Otieno

Applicant

and

Republic

Respondent

(Being an Application for sentence revision in Siaya CM’s Criminal Case No. 1002 of 2016 delivered by Hon. C.A. Okore, Senior Resident Magistrate on 24. 8.2017)

Ruling

1. On August 24, 2017, the convict herein Dennis Omondi Otieno was sentenced to serve ten (10) years imprisonment for the offence of manslaughter contrary to section 202 as read with section 205 of the Penal Code, after a full hearing.

2. He has served only 5 years of the 10 years imprisonment.

3. I decline to revise his sentence.

4. File closed. I so order.

DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT SIAYA, THIS 22ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022R.E. ABURILIJUDGE