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Farmhand who lured girl, 7 into sex with sugarcane jailed for life

A man convicted of defiling a seven-year-old girl will spend the rest of his life in jail after he lost an appeal seeking to have the sentence reduced.

High Court judge William Musyoka in his judgement, said the appeal filed by Emmanuel Japala Eliakim challenging the conviction, did not raise serious grounds to warrant the sentence being reduced or set aside.

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