Rapist asks 11 year-old victim to test for HIV, suspects she got infected
A 43 year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling an 11 year-old girl.
But being whisked away from the dock to begin his life prison term, Antony Saiso stunned the courtroom by asking trial magistrate Ms Hellen Onkwani to direct that the girl be examined if she is HIV positive, just like him.
“I urge this court to order that the complainant be examined to establish her status because I am HIV positive so that she can be put on anti-retrovirals before it is too late,” Saiso stunned the court.
‘DANGEROUS’
Passing the sentence, Ms Onkwani said Mr Saiso needs to be isolated from the society since he is “dangerous.”
The magistrate said girls and women need to be protected against people with behaviour like that of of the suspect who waylaid the girl as she was returning home from drawing water.
Ms Onkwani said adults need to know of their responsibility to protect the rights of young girls, young boys and women from all manner of attrocities being meted against them.
She said the young are vulnerable and those with “ evil apetites like the accused (Saiso) need to be punished severely.”
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
The magistrate said the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused sexually abused the girl and “ warned her of dire consequences if she disclosed the act to anybody.”
The court said the prosecution availed medical records that showed the extent of injuries inflicted on the primary school pupil.
Saiso had denied the charge of defiling the complainant at June 25,2016 at Kibiko Estate in Ngong, Kajiado County.
Prosdecution had asked the magistrate to treat him as a first offender and impose a harsh custodial sentence.
“ The offence you committed is serious and you need a stiff penalty for others who share habits like you to learn a lesson. Courts have a duty to protect those who vulnerable in the society,” Ms Onkwani said.
He was given 14 days to appeal against the sentence.
