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Criminal Law [2024] KEHC 4145 (KLR)

Otieno v Republic

Otieno v Republic [2024] KEHC 4145 (KLR)

The High Court at Kibera reduced a 5-year sentence for stealing motor vehicle parts, substituting a Kshs. 60,000 fine and 12 months’ default imprisonment.

  • Sentencing Principles
  • Remand Custody Credit
  • Stealing Motor Vehicle Parts
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Remand-custody-credit
  • Theft-offences
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Criminal Law [2023] KEHC 25618 (KLR)

Kere v Republic

Kere v Republic [2023] KEHC 25618 (KLR)

The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against a five-year sentence for stealing motor vehicle parts, finding no basis to interfere with the trial court’s discretion.

  • Sentencing Principles
  • Stealing Motor Vehicle Parts
  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Appellate Review Of Sentence
  • Sentencing-principles
  • Appellate-review-of-sentence
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Criminal Law [2015] KEHC 8534 (KLR)

John Sammy Asewe v Republic

John Sammy Asewe v Republic [2015] KEHC 8534 (KLR)

High Court reduced a 4-year sentence for stealing motor vehicle parts to 2 years, finding the original term excessive in light of mitigation.

  • Sentencing Principles
  • Stealing Motor Vehicle Parts
  • Penal Code Section 279c
  • First Offender Considerations
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • First-offender-sentencing
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Criminal Law [2014] KEHC 4672 (KLR)

Idd Chengo v Republic

Idd Chengo v Republic [2014] KEHC 4672 (KLR)

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed a guilty-plea conviction, and set aside a five-year sentence after finding the facts did not disclose the offence and the plea record was unclear.

  • Plea Taking Procedure
  • Stealing Motor Vehicle Parts
  • Language Of Proceedings
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Guilty-plea
  • Plea-taking-procedure
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Criminal Law [2012] KEHC 1570 (KLR)

BENSON MUTUKU MUTUA V REPUBLIC

BENSON MUTUKU MUTUA V REPUBLIC [2012] KEHC 1570 (KLR)

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal after finding the case was really a civil dispute over car hire and missing vehicle parts, not a proven theft.

  • Stealing Motor Vehicle Parts
  • Abuse Of Criminal Process
  • Civil Debt Collection
  • Wrongful Conviction
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Abuse-of-process
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Criminal Law [2003] KEHC 162 (KLR)

Jonathan Maritime Ole Sadera v Republic

Jonathan Maritime Ole Sadera v Republic [2003] KEHC 162 (KLR)

The High Court quashed a conviction for stealing motor vehicle parts, holding that the circumstantial evidence did not exclude innocence and was unsafe.

  • Stealing Motor Vehicle Parts
  • Circumstantial Evidence
  • Standard Of Proof
  • Quashing Conviction
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal Law [1981] KEHC 7 (KLR)

Njuguna v Republic

Njuguna v Republic [1981] KEHC 7 (KLR)

High Court appeal in a theft case: convictions based on recent possession were mostly upheld, but two count 2 convictions were quashed and sentences reduced.

  • Stealing Motor Vehicle Parts
  • Recent Possession Doctrine
  • Corroboration Of Evidence
  • Sentencing Principles
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Recent-possession
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