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A judgment recently delivered by Justice Wanjiku Cherere at the High Court in Meru has led to a debate on whether teenagers can consent to sexual intercourse with an adult.
The judgment arose from an appeal filed by Mohammed Hussein who had been convicted of defilement and committing an indecent act with a minor. Hussein had been jailed in September 2021 for 15 years by an Isiolo court.
He is said to have committed the offence between December 6 and 13, 2016 with a minor identified in court papers as LOH who was 16 years old at the time.
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