Premium
Mary Deya opts to complete prison term for baby theft
Mary Deya when a Kibera court handed her three years for stealing a baby and giving false information to a doctor on January 28, 2011. On June 10, 2015, she chose to abandon her appeal and serve the remainder of the term.
What you need to know:
- Mary Deya on Wednesday opted to complete her jail term at the Lang’ata Women’s Prison in Nairobi.
She withdrew at the eleventh hour after the judges warned that the three-year sentence she had been handed at the lower courts may be enhanced or quashed depending on the outcome of the trial.
Prosecutor Moses O’mirera did not object to Mrs Deya's appeal withdrawal.
The wife of UK-based preacher Gilbert Deya has bowed out of an appeal she lodged against her conviction for baby theft four years ago.
Mary Deya on Wednesday opted to complete her jail term at the Lang’ata Women’s Prison in Nairobi.
