DPP Keriako Tobiko appeals soldiers’ acquittal, says judge erred

Lt. Jaffery Pepella (right) and former soldiers during the ruling on their bond application at the High Court in Mombasa on March 16, 2015. [Photo: file/Standard]

The State has lodged an appeal seeking to re-arrest and jail for life, 25 naval soldiers who were acquitted on charges of deserting the military in 2007 and 2008.

In papers filed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko, at the Court of Appeal in Malindi, the State accuses the judge of wrongly substituting charges brought by the military courts and reaching a judgment after misinterpreting relevant laws.