The suspect  in the dock. PHOTO: PKEMOI NG'ENOH.

A 68-year-old man who had been handed a life sentence by a Nairobi court for allegedly defiling his 16-year-old daughter is ready to stand trial afresh after his appeal was granted.

Daniel Chege had been accused of defiling his daughter on June 24, 2006 at Githurai Kimbo estate.

Chege, who was held at Kamiti Maximum Prison, allegedly called the minor who playing outside their house with other children.

He reportedly asked her to go to the bedroom and apparently forced her to drink drugged milk which made her unconscious.

According to police, the minor woke up in excruciating pain only to find his elderly father lying beside her stark naked. She was also bleeding from her private parts.

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Apparently she was shunned by other students in school because she was emitting an awful smell.

It is then that her teacher reportedly persuaded her to reveal that her father had defiled her. The teacher and the mother then reported the matter to police.

Chege was sentenced to life imprisonment four years ago after being found guilty of incest. The case will be mentioned on November 24.