(From the original conviction and sentence in Tamu SPM’s Court Criminal Case No. E055 of 2024)
1. The convict, from the filed probation report, was unsuitable for non custodial sentence for assaulting the complainant who was non forgiving. The offender has now served ten (10) months of the one (1) year imprisonment imposed on 21st February, 2024. The offence was that of assault causing actual bodily harm.
2. He was a first offender and had pleaded for leniency and was remorseful.
3. In the spirit of prison decongestion, as the offender had served a substantial part of the sentence imposed, the remainder of the prison term which is two months is hereby suspended for six months not to reoffend and therefore, unless otherwise lawfully held, Joel Rotich is hereby set at liberty forthwith.
4. This file is closed.
1. The convict, from the filed probation report, was unsuitable for non custodial sentence for assaulting the complainant who was non forgiving. The offender has now served ten (10) months of the one (1) year imprisonment imposed on 21st February, 2024. The offence was that of assault causing actual bodily harm.
2. He was a first offender and had pleaded for leniency and was remorseful.
3. In the spirit of prison decongestion, as the offender had served a substantial part of the sentence imposed, the remainder of the prison term which is two months is hereby suspended for six months not to reoffend and therefore, unless otherwise lawfully held, Joel Rotich is hereby set at liberty forthwith.
4. This file is closed.