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Man jailed for defiling teenager freed over shoddy investigation

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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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