How a free ride earned a woman three years in jail

Judge Weldon Korir at the Milimani High Court. [File/Standard]

The Court of Appeal has overturned the conviction of a woman from Lodwar who was found guilty of unlawfully possessing six firearms and ammunition.

The three judges—Weldon Korir, John Mativo, and Paul Gachoka—quashed Rebecca Asinyon’s sentence, stating that the two lower courts did not give sufficient weight to her defence.

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