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Life sentence for Nyeri man who impregnated daughter

A Nyeri court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 12-year-old daughter.PHOTO: COURTESY

A Nyeri court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 12-year-old daughter.

Principal Magistrate Philip Mutua slapped Daniel Kariuki with the sentence for the offence committed between June 2013 and January 7, 2015 at Kakuna village, Nyeri. Kariuki was charged with incest, a sexual offence from which a girl child was born.

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