Former Embu North Sub-County DCIO Jervasio Mwaniki Nyaga has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape and abuse of authority.
Nyaga, who was sentenced by the Court of Appeal, will serve 20 years after being convicted of two counts of rape and an additional 10 years for abuse of position of authority.
"A High Court in Embu has sentenced former DCIO of Embu North Sub County, Jervasio Mwaniki Nyaga, to serve 20 years imprisonment on two counts of rape and a further 10 years imprisonment on a count of abuse of position of authority," the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP said in a statement.
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"This comes after the ODPP through Mr Daniel Karuri and Scolastica Nyika filed an appeal after the former detective was acquitted on all counts by the trial court."
The former detective had been charged with raping a victim who was under his custody at the police station, as well as abusing his position of authority as a law enforcement officer.
"The Appellate Court, in setting aside the judgment of the Trial Court, agreed that the prosecution had proven all counts overwhelmingly and that the Trial Court had erred in descending into the arena of litigation and in considering extraneous factors while acquitting the Respondent," ODPP added.
Nyaga was convicted of sexually assaulting a 42-year-old woman at Manyatta Police Station on May 31, 2020, at around 5 pm.
19 witnesses testified in the case in which Nyaga claimed that the victim had been his girlfriend for four years.
