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Man jailed for defiling teenager freed over shoddy investigation

The judge said that police officers are not experts in the medical field and, hence cannot give incriminating evidence that is prepared by a doctor. [iStockphoto]

The High Court has declared that the report produced by police cannot be the sole evidence to nail a defilement suspect.

Justice Nixon Sifuna ruled that only medical doctors can produce report on whether a minor has been defiled or not but not the police.

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