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Fresh trial for man in rape case

Fresh trial for man in rape case. [Photo: Courtesy]

The High Court has ordered a man serving 20 years imprisonment to be tried afresh.

Judge William Musyoka ruled that the initial trial was unfair and defective after the lower court admitted the unsworn testimony of a 15-year-old complainant in a defilement case.

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