Kenyan teacher jailed for 90 years for defiling boys
A primary school teacher has been sentenced to 90 years in prison by a court in central Kenya's Murang’a County for sexually assaulting 10 pupils.
John Gichia Mugi, 23, will be released when he is 113 years old.
The boys, aged between 13 and 16, testified that Mugi fondled their private parts and kissed them after night preps. Mugi was also their boarding master.
He will serve nine years for each assault. The sentences will run consecutively.
As John Gichia Mugi was hauled out of court to start what is effectively a life sentence, his parents wept uncontrollably in court. Mugi will be released when he is 113 years old.
Mugi, 23, indecently assaulted the 10 boys at a school in Kiharu Constituency in central Kenya between January and May 2015.
Private parts
The boys, aged between 13 and 16, testified that Mugi fondled their private parts and kissed them after night preps. Mugi was also their boarding master.
Magistrate Jesse Masiga handed him the stiff sentence and called it a deterrence. He said every count earned a jail term of nine years.
The magistrate told Mugi that he had breached the trust bestowed upon him by parents and committed a heinous act on the boys he was supposed to look after.
Was so adamant
The assault came to light after one of the boys insisted he wanted to go home with his parents after a parents’ meeting.
Asked why he was so adamant to leave, the boy revealed what the teacher used to do to them at night. Mugi fled after the boys exposed him.
Eleven pupils came forward and exposed the teacher, but one was struck out by the court due to lack of sufficient evidence.
Found guilty
Medical records at Muriranjas Hospital showed that the pupils had been indecently assaulted but were not molested.
The school headteacher was found guilty of professional misconduct and struck off the Teachers' Service Commission roll after he tried to cover up the case.
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