Republic v Odera [2023] KEHC 23432 (KLR)

Republic v Odera (Criminal Case 54 of 2018) [2023] KEHC 23432 (KLR) (29 September 2023) (Sentence)

Neutral citation: [2023] KEHC 23432 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Kakamega

Criminal Case 54 of 2018

PJO Otieno, J

September 29, 2023

Between

Republic

Prosecution

and

Benson Olutende Odera

Accused

Sentence

1. The attack upon the deceased and another was wholly and senselessly brutal. Even after appreciating the recommendations in the pre-sentence report and the passionate mitigation address by the counsel, the court finds that the accused deserves a custodial sentence and needs to be removed from society as a way of protecting the society from possible harm from him.

2. He is committed to serve a prison term of twenty years computed from the August 16, 2018 when he surrendered himself to the police and was taken into custody.

DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KAKAMEGA THIS 29TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023. PATRICK J. O. OTIENOJUDGE