A police found guilty in a defilement case where a 16-year-old girls was in 2021 defiled went to the gender desk in a police station at Uriri seeking justice.
Migori Resident Magistrate Hon. A. C. Munyuny convicted the former police officer for the offence of defiling a 16-year-old girl on diverse dates between March and April 2021.
The convict, Howard Omwoha, a police officer who at the time was attached to the gender desk at Uriri Police Station, is alleged to have repeatedly violated the innocent girl who had trusted her last hope in search of Justice to the said police only to take sexual advantage against the minor.
The learned Magistrate ruled that the prosecution through Maureen Tanui proved their case beyond reasonable doubt through the testimonies of nine prosecution witnesses.
The case will be mentioned before Hon. A. Munyuny on August 29,2023 for mitigation and sentencing.
