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35 Years Jail-term For A Man Who Raped His Octogenarian Mother
A Kenyan court has sentenced a Kalenjin man that was alleged to have raped his 80 years old mother in her Uasin Gishu home 2 years age a 35 years imprisonment.
A 26-year-old man was today slapped with 35 years in prison after he was found guilty of robbing and raping the said 80-year-old woman in Uasin Gishu County.
According to the court, Benjamin Kiprop Kiplagat is said to have committed the offence on July 7, 2017.
The court heard that Kiplagat broke into the woman’s house armed with a knife, threatened the woman before raping her. He then allegedly stole a mobile phone and Ksh.25,000 from the elderly woman.
Delivering the judgement, Eldoret Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Odenyo ruled that the court was satisfied with the evidence against the accused.
The magistrate handed the accused 20 years behind bars for robbery and 15 years for the offence of rape.
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