A teacher who turned on his 13-year-old pupil and defiled
her over incomplete homework will serve 25 years in jail. Alex Otieno, also the
proprietor of Starlet Academy in Nakuru, was convicted of the offence by a
Nakuru court yesterday. The 36-year-old father of three was charged that he
committed the offence between April 30, 2013 and July 19, 2013 at Dundori in
Nakuru County. In her testimony, the minor said that on July 19, 2013, the
teacher called her to his office after he found out that she had not completed
her Composition and Social Studies homework.
"In his office, he defiled me and warned me not to tell
anyone," said the minor. "My classmate asked me what was wrong but I
was scared of telling her. I ended up telling her when we were leaving
school," she added. The second witness, the classmate, narrated to court
how shaken the girl was and how she kept to herself. "When she came from
the teacher's office, she appeared shaken but when I enquired what had
happened, she refused to tell me. She disclosed what had happened when we were
leaving school that evening," she said.
The classmate added that she convinced the girl to report
the issue to her mother that evening. The mother told the court that her
daughter came home on July 19, 2013, scared and accompanied by her friend.
"(She) appeared shaken. When I enquired what had happened, her friend told
her 'si useme'. She then told me that her teacher had defiled her," said
the mother. The mother told the court that she and her daughter reported the
incident to the police and completed a P3 form at the Provincial General Hospital
in Nakuru with a Dr Matara. And in his testimony, the doctor told the court
that the minor and her mother had visited the hospital on July 20, 2013. His
examination revealed that the minor had been defiled.
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