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Dark past of bishop sent to jail for 75 years

Joseph Agutu, a bishop who was sentenced for 75 years in prison by a Kisumu magistrate's court.

The self-styled church minister who was jailed for 75 years last week for defiling three orphaned girls and infecting one with HIV had served a jail term for another child abuse incident.

As Rev Joseph Agutu cools his heels at Kodiaga Prison this Christmas Day, The Standard has confirmed that besides last week’s jail term, he had in 2010 been jailed for 20 years over a similar offence but was released following an appeal after spending three years in prison.

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