A 21-year-old Kenyan woman who filmed herself def!ling a 4-year-old boy and posting it online has been sentenced to life in prison.

Edda Wakesho, a househelp in Kiembeni Estate, Mombasa, filmed herself engaging in the act with the minor and later posted it online for financial gain.

On Wednesday, March 2, Senior Resident Magistrate Florence Macharia slapped her with a life sentence for defiling the boy and a further 10 years for filming the act.

Ms Wakesho was charged with def!ling a minor and making obsce.ne materials. She committed the offence between June and October 2021.