NAIROBI,Kenya, Dec 19 — A High Court in Embu has sentenced a former Directorate of Criminal Investigations Officer to 30 years in jail on two counts of rape one count of abuse of position of authority.
Jervasio Mwaniki Nyaga who served as the DCIO for Embu North Sub County was sentenced on Tuesday after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) successfully appealed his acquittal by a magistrate court.
Prosecutors Daniel Karuri and Scolastica Nyika contested Nyaga’s acquittal terming it as a miscarriage of justice.
The former detective had been charged with sexually assaulting the victim, who was under his custody at the police station, as well as abusing his position of authority as a law enforcement officer.
“The High Court, in setting aside the judgment of the Trial Court, agreed that the prosecution had proven all counts overwhelmingly,” ODPP said Tuesday.
The court further ruled that the Trial Court had erred in descending into the arena of litigation and in considering extraneous factors while acquitting the former security agent.
