Father falsely accused of raping daughter freed after eight years 3 months ago
Julius Wambua Musyoki had been convicted of defiling his daughter, then aged 16, and jailed at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
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. In a landmark judgement delivered by Justice George Odunga in Machakos yesterday, Julius Wambua Musyoki was allowed to walk to freedom after the court quashed the jail sentence meted on him on January 24, 2012 by a principal magistrate’s court in Kithimani.
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Erastus Mulwa |
December 16th 2020 at 19:27:02 GMT +0300
Dorcas Mwende Wambua talks to the press after following proceedings ruling her father s case at Machakos High Court on December 16, 2020. [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 by the High Court after new evidence emerged exonerating him.
In a landmark judgment delivered by Justice George Odunga in Machakos on Wednesday, Julius Wambua Musyoki was allowed to walk to his freedom after the court quashed the jail sentence meted on him on January 24, 2012, by a principal magistrate’s court in Kithimani.
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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.
In a landmark judgement delivered by Justice George Odunga in Machakos yesterday, Julius Wambua Musyoki was allowed to walk to freedom after the court quashed the jail sentence meted on him on January 24, 2012, by a principal magistrate’s court in Kithimani.