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64-year old man sentenced to life imprisonment for defilement, incest

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 24- The Makadara law Court on Tuesday sentenced 64 yr-old Salim Bashir, to life imprisonment after being found guilty of defilement and incest.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said that the two prosecutors Mwanaidi Rama and Christine Achieng proved the case.

“He did so on several occasions at night when wife and girls were asleep,” stated the ODPP.

The court was told that Bashir had been sexually abusing his 11-year-old daughter for 5 years and defiling his step daughter for one year.

The girls recently gathered courage and informed their mother who then reported the matter to Kamukunji Police Station.

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