James Mugo Ndichu alias Mugo wa Wairimu has been sentenced to a total of 30 years for the offences of operating an illegal medical facility and administering unknown drugs to a woman patient.
While passing the sentence, Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Micheni said that although Mugo in his mitigation was remorseful and wanted to serve humanity by pursuing his degree in health science, he chose to be a threat to society by committing the heinous offences to his victims which he alleged to be saving.
The court ruled that he deserved the custodial sentence because he is a threat to society and he has to be kept away from society by all means.
As a consequence, the magistrate handed down the harsh sentence to Mugo who is currently serving another custodial sentence of 11 years for running an illegal clinic in Kayole area.
Therefore, in the 10 counts, Mugo was found guilty last Thursday and he will serve 30 years.
"I, therefore, order that in count two where Mugo was convicted for sedating a woman whom he sexually assaulted, he is sentenced to 25 years but since he has served three years in remand he will serve 22 years without an option of a fine," Kagendo said.
In the two offences of unlawfully operating a pharmacist without a license, he was sentenced to serve six months each in prison.
In the offence of illegally stocking and using in his Prestige Health Care in Githurai 44 unvalidated laboratory reagents namely Allumin assay kit, Diagnostic sensitivity discs, HCG strips, Diagnostic kit for HIV (1 and 2) antibody, Salmonella antigen rapid test device, Antistreptolysin "O"(ASO) latex kit among others, he has been sentenced to serve one year.
He was sentenced to one year each for other six offences including operating a medical laboratory without registration.
The sentence comes after he was convicted last week by the court after finding that the Prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that he committed the offences.
Mugo was given 14 days to appeal the sentence.
