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Joy as father freed after eight years over false rape charges

Julius Wambua who was serving a life sentence after his daughter framed him in an incest case appears in Machakos High Court via Skype while at Kamiti maximum prison on December 16, 2020. Appearing before Justice George Odunga, the court quashed his conviction and ordered a retrial. [John Muia, Standard]

A man who has been serving a life imprisonment sentence after he was convicted of incest eight years ago has been set free after new evidence emerged exonerating him.

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