Nicholas Musya Mbuthu Alias Ngima v Republic

Mbuthu alias Ngima v Republic (Criminal Revision E111 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 8870 (KLR) (18 February 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 8870 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT VOI CRIMINAL REVISION E111 OF 2024 AN ONGERI, J FEBRUARY 18, 2025 BETWEEN NICHOLAS MUSYA MBUTHU ALIAS NGIMA ................................. APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. The Applicant was sentenced to thirty (30) years imprisonment on 20th May 2021 for the ofience of gang rape. 2. The High Court on appeal reduced the sentence to fifteen (15) years to start running from the date he was sentenced by the trial court. 3. The Applicant has applied to this court seeking to have the period he was remanded before he was sentenced reduced from the computation of the 15 years imprisonment. 4. The Respondent does not oppose the said application and the same is allowed. 5. The sentence of 15 years will start running from January 2, 2020 when the Applicant was first arraigned in court. Orders to issue accordingly. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 18TH FEBRUARY 2025 IN OPEN COURT AT VOI. ASENATH ONGERI JUDGE In the presence of:Court Assistant: Maina/Millicent https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/8870/eng@2025-02-18 1

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