Okoth v Republic (Criminal Revision E200 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 16525 (KLR) (2 December 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 16525 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KISUMU CRIMINAL REVISION E200 OF 2024 RE ABURILI, J DECEMBER 2, 2024 BETWEEN VINCENT OCHIENG OKOTH ............................................................. APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original conviction and sentence in Maseno Senior Principal Magistrate Criminal Case No. E153 of 2024) RULING 1. On 30th May 2024 the offender, Vincent Ochieng Okoth a 24-year-old was sentenced to serve 1 year imprisonment for the offence of housebreaking and stealing. The presentence report did recommend non-custodial sentence and the sentence review report dated 18th November 2024 does not recommend non custodial. 2. He has served 6 months of the 1-year prison term. 3. In the spirit of prison decongestion, the offender is hereby conditionally released from prison not to reoffend as he has no fixed abode. 4. Signal to issue. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 2ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024 R. E. ABURILI JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2024/16525/eng@2024-12-02 1
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