[2024] KEHC 10621 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant, having unlawfully transferred the complainant's money to her own till number without authority and showing no remorse or willingness to refund the money, did not merit a revision of the sentence. The sentence imposed by the trial court was lawful and lenient, and the applicant had...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 10621 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Milicent Awuor Otieno; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision E129 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- application for sentence revision declined
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Theft by Persons in Position of Trust, Sentence Revision, Unlawful Transfer of Funds
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Milicent Awuor Otieno
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentence imposed on the applicant was lawful and warranted revision.
- 2 Whether the applicant's conduct justified interference with the sentence.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant, having unlawfully transferred the complainant's money to her own till number without authority and showing no remorse or willingness to refund the money, did not merit a revision of the sentence. The sentence imposed by the trial court was lawful and lenient, and the applicant had only served three months of a twelve-month sentence. The court held that there was no justification to interfere with the sentence, as the applicant needed to learn to respect other people's property. Accordingly, the application for sentence revision was declined and the file closed.
Court Disposition
application for sentence revision declined
Orders
- Sentence revision is declined.
- The file is closed.
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Otieno v Republic (Criminal Revision E129 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 10621 (KLR) (10 September 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 10621 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Criminal Revision E129 of 2024
RE Aburili, J
September 10, 2024
Between
Milicent Awuor Otieno
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
(From the original conviction and sentence in Nyando Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E450 of 2023)
Ruling
1. From the evidence adduced in the trial court Nyando SPM Criminal Case No. E450 of 2023, the convict Millicent Awuor Otieno daringly transferred the complainant’s money using the latter’s phone to the convict’s till number knowing very well that she had no authority to do so. She never admitted the offence and neither was she willing to refund the money.
2. I will not interfere with the lawful lenient sentence imposed as the convict ought to learn to respect other people’s property.
3. Sentence revision is declined as the convict has served only 3 months of the 12 months.
4. This file is closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024R. E. ABURILIJUDGE