Lopetet v Republic (Criminal Revision E033 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 19527 (KLR) (25 July 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 19527 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT LODWAR CRIMINAL REVISION E033 OF 2025 PJO OTIENO, J JULY 25, 2025 BETWEEN JOSEPH LOPETET ................................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. The accused was arrested and arraigned in court on the 24/1/2025 charged with the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. 2. He pleaded guilty and was convicted and sentenced to serve one year in prison. 3. For purposes of decongesting our convectional facilities and the need to reintegrate the offender into society, the probation office has filed a sentence revision report which disclose that the accused has been of good conduct while in prison. The report equally show that the offender is eager to go back to the society and to be a responsible citizen. 4. The court thus revises the sentence and direct that the offender be forthwith released from prison and into the supervision of the County Director of Probation as the Supervisor as he serves a community service order for a period of three months at Kanam Kemer primary school. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY THIS 25TH DAY OF JULY, 2025. PATRICK J O OTIENO JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/19527/eng@2025-07-25 1
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