STEPHEN MWAU MUTINDA v REPUBLIC [2009] KEHC 1030 (KLR)
Full Case Text
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
AT MACHAKOS
Criminal Appeal 166 of 2008
STEPHEN MWAU MUTINDA ……………………………………………… APPELLANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC ………………………………………………………………….. RESPONDENT
(Appeal from a Judgment of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Yatta (Hon. A.W Mwangi Ag. SRM) dated 7th August 2008)
in
(SRM’S CR.C. No. 1104 of 2007)
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JUDGMENT
1. The Appellant was charged with the offence of defilement under Section 8 (a) of the Sexual Offences Act. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
2. Section 8 (1) does not disclose any offence and has no penalty clause. The import is that the Appellant was unlawfully charged and convicted.
3. However since there is no objection, he will be retried at Machakos CM’S Court.
4. The Appeal is allowed. His conviction is quashed, sentence set aside and he will appear before the SPM Machakos on 13/11/2009.
5. Orders accordingly.
Dated and delivered at Machakos this 12thday of November2009.
ISAAC LENAOLA
JUDGE