Ezekiel Oramat Sonkoy v Republic [2013] eKLR
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT KISUMU
(CORAM: ONYANGO OTIENO, AZANGALALA & KANTAI, JJ. A)
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 99
OF 2012
BETWEEN
EZEKIEL ORAMAT SONKOY....................................................APPELLANT
AND
REPUBLIC …...............................................................................RESPONDENT
(Appeal from a Judgment of the High Court of Kenya at
Kisii, (Sitati, J) dated 20th January, 2012
in
HCCRA NO. 124 OF 2011)
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JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT
The appellant, Ezekiel Oramat Sonkoyo, was charged before the Senior Resident Magistrates'
Court, Kilgoris, with two counts as follows:Defilement of a Girl contrary to Section 8 (1) as read with Section 8 (3) of the Sexual Offences Act No. 3
of 2006 particulars being that on the 17th day of August 2010 at [particulars withheld] Transmara
District in Narok County did intentionally and unlawfully cause his penis to penetrate the vagina of L.S a
girl aged 14 years without her consent in violation of Section 8 (1) as read with Section 8 (3) of the said
Act and
child trafficking contrary to Section 13 (a) and (b) of the said Act particulars being that on the said date
at the said place jointly with others not before court he knowingly and intentionally made arrangements
and transportation within Kenya for purposes of commission of Sexual Offences against L.S a girl aged
14 years.
The trial was conducted by the Senior Resident Magistrate (B. O. Ochieng) who convicted the
appellant on the first count and sentenced him to serve 20 years imprisonment. The appellant was
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