REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT MERU CRIMINAL CASE NO. 42 OF 2015 REPUBLIC....................................................................................PROSECUTOR VERSUS ERICK MWENDA MWITI..................................................................ACCUSED COURT I have considered the mitigation as well as the Probation Officer’s report. The accused is not a first offender. Also the brutal manner in which he killed a 12 year old discounts non- custodial sentence. The appropriate sentence should be a deterrent one despite the plea agreement. I therefore sentence the accused to serve a jail term of 20 years starting the date of the sentence. I have taken into account the time he has been in custody also. Section 205 of CPC complied with. Right of appeal 14 days. F. GIKONYO JUDGE 20/11/2019
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