Woman Who Fed Step-son Faeces Jailed For A Year.  

Woman handed one-year jail sentence for mistreating step-son, feeding him faeces.

A woman has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to mistreating her three-year-old son in Bisil area of Kajiado County.

Appearing before Kajiado Senior Resident Magistrate Becky Cheloti, the accused; Faith Njeri, was accused of abusing the minor by assaulting him and causing him bodily harm, feeding him faeces and locking him in the house.

The accused, who was arraigned alongside her husband who pleaded not guilty, told the court that she resulted in beating the child for allegedly refusing to be sent to the shop.

Woman Who Fed Step-son Faeces Jailed For A Year.  Photo Courtesy

The Magistrate directed that the accused be locked up at the Lang’ata Women’s Prison.

The court is set to rule on the fate of the woman’s husband, Michael Kimani, on Wednesday, June 14.

Meanwhile, in a separate case, a 50-year-old man was arraigned in a Kajiado court for allegedly sexually assaulting his 7-year-old daughter at the Noonkopir area in Kitengela.

The suspect is accused to have committed the offense on May 24, 2021, after an altercation with his wife who was away during the incident.

The man will remain in custody with the hearing of the case set to continue on Monday next week.