Kenya Case Law

Harun Waweru Wanjiru v Republic

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal 83 of 2015

Judge

["W Ouko", "DK Musinga", "J Mohammed"]

The Court of Appeal upheld the defilement conviction but set aside the mandatory life sentence, replacing it with 30 years' imprisonment from 27 March 2012.

• Defilement
• Child victim
• Identification of issues on second appeal
• Single witness evidence
• Medical evidence in defilement
• Language and interpretation rights