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Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that if you were the last person seen with a murder victim, you must explain what happened — or the court

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave an unrepresented prisoner extra time to appeal his murder conviction, recognising the real barriers incarcerate

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave a life-sentence prisoner more time to appeal, accepting that being jailed without a lawyer explained his delay.

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a life sentence for defilement, confirming that a child witness's credible evidence alone can sustain a convi

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed a prisoner extra time to appeal, confirming that a reasonable explanation for delay matters more than how lo

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man sentenced to death for robbery because witnesses saw him before the identification parade, making the co

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction and 25-year sentence, confirming that strong circumstantial evidence can prove guilt with

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a disruptive accused person can lawfully be tried in their absence and lost his appeal against a robbery

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to reduce a murder conviction to manslaughter, upholding the death sentence despite the prosecutor's own con

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed two robbery convictions based on unreliable night identification but upheld one conviction where the accused

Kenya's Court of Appeal restored a 20-year defilement sentence, ruling a lower court cannot downgrade a conviction when the evidence support

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction but replaced a 30-year sentence with the mandatory death sentence, warning that night-tim

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a robbery conviction because the prosecution relied on shaky identification claims and hearsay evidence from

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a 23-year defilement sentence, ruling that visible genital injury is not required to prove penetration.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a second criminal appeal can only argue legal errors, not re-test facts or sentence severity.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed it will not reduce a sentence based on family hardship, illness, or rehabilitation unless the original sen

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a robbery with violence conviction, confirming that minor charge discrepancies won't overturn convictions whe

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man sentenced to death because other people had keys to the house, proving circumstantial evidence convictio

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a death-row robbery convict because torchlight identification was too unreliable to prove guilt beyond reasona

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that being drunk does not excuse a crime, and upheld a manslaughter conviction despite flaws in the trial

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a High Court cannot lawfully downgrade robbery with violence to simple robbery, prompting the appella

Kenya's Court of Appeal cannot change a sentence on a second appeal, so Njoroge's sentence appeal was struck out.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that even worthless identification evidence cannot save an accused found in a freshly stolen vehicle witho

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that High Court judges cannot dismiss criminal appeals without a full hearing when the appeal raises questions

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a murder convict because his confession followed custody injuries and no direct evidence tied him to the killi