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Judge reduces defiler's jail term from life to 30 years

The trial magistrate dismissed Ochango’s defence that he was being pursued by his step-brother due to a land dispute. [Courtesy]

A man jailed for life for defiling a minor has had his sentence reduced to 30 years.

Alfred Dismas Ochango was jailed after being found guilty of defiling a six-year-old nursery girl on March 10, 2016, at Ebukanji village in Khwisero sub-county.

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