Woman wants man who defiled, killed her daughter, 12, to be given harsher sentence

Odhiambo had been accused of defiling and murdering Njeri’s daughter, who was in Class Seven in 2015.

Justice Chepkwony found him guilty of killing the minor on December 14, 2015 in Likoni.

The judge said the Prosecution put up a strong case implicating Odhiambo in the murder.

Njeri says her daughter was brutally killed by the neighbour, and a harsher sentence would have been issued.

“My child was brilliant. By now, she’d be completing her secondary education,” said Njeri, who is appealing to the Director of Public Prosecutions to challenge the “lenient” punishment imposed on Odhiambo.

State prosecutor Valerie Ongeti had, earlier, asked the court to issue a harsh sentence against the suspect.

“The sentence should be commensurate with the crime that the accused committed,” said Ongeti, arguing the severe punishment would act as a deterrent to others who may think of engaging in a crime of similar nature.

The court heard that Odhiambo lured the girl, who was alone at home, and took her into his house, where he allegedly defiled and thereafter killed her.

The suspect denied committing the offence, saying he was away at work on that day, and that when he returned home in the evening he was informed by neighbours that a child in the estate had been killed.

He said he was shocked to find the girl’s body under his bed, and that he did not know who hid the remains in his bedroom.

“I know nothing about the murder charge levelled against me,” he said.