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Man beats hasty retreat after judge’s warning on case appeal

A man jailed 30 years for defiling his step daughter has dropped an appeal against the sentence after the judge cautioned that he could get a longer jail term.

The 58-year-old man was jailed in March 2018 after a lower court found him guilty of defiling the 15-year-old girl on April 22 and 29, 2017 at Posho Mill, Nakuru County.

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