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By Lenox Sengre.
Rugby players Alex Olaba and Frank Wanyama have been sentenced to 15 years in jail.
Nairobi Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku on Friday, August 16, sentenced the two to jail for gang-raping a female musician in February, 2018.
Last Thursday, Magistrate Mutuku said she read guilt on Wanyama and Olaba when they deleted an alleged recording of them sexually assaulting the upcoming female artiste.
The rugby players, according to the magistrate, raped the singer at their Seefar Apartments residence in Highrise, Nairobi on February 10, 2018.
The two allegedly recorded the entire ordeal, and when they learnt that the victim was planning to seek legal redress, they deleted the video recordings.
“The suspects’ decision to delete the videos was an expression of guilt,” said Magistrate Mutuku.
In the victim’s police statement, she claimed she tried to confront Wanyama with the allegations, but he dismissed her telling “to go look for a lawyer should she decide to go public”.
Wanyama and Olaba, who play for Kenya Harlequin FC, were charged in April last year, and released on cash bail by Nairobi Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi.
The victims’ lawyer said Magistrate Mutuku’s ruling was reached at “after only relying on the victim’s testimony”.
