Mombasa Woman Handed Life Sentence for Defiling 4-year-old Boy

A court in Mombasa has slapped a 21-year old woman with a life sentence after she was found guilty of defiling a 4-year-old boy.

Eddah Wakesho was handed life imprisonment by the Shanzu Law Courts on Wednesday, March 2 after the prosecution proved she committed the act and filmed it.

The court further stated that Wakesho used the video for financial gain. The clip was played in court prompting the judge to hand Wakesho a heavy sentence.

The 21-year-old woman was working as a house-help in Kiambeni, Mombasa. According to a report by the Nation, she committed the act between June 2020 and October 2021.

The child pornography syndicate, according to the officer investigating the case, involves an international network that collaborates with rogue house-helps to assault young children and film the act.

Wakesho was apprehended by police after the victim's mother received a video of the act from a foreign mobile number, prompting her to notify authorities.

The young woman confessed in court that her life took a dramatic turn after accepting a friend request from a stranger on Facebook.

Wakesho was then directed to a Facebook page where people post naked photos and videos. She was sentenced to an additional ten years in prison for filming the act. She will serve her time at Shimo La Tewa Women's Prison.