A man previously sentenced to a 100-year jail term for defiling minors has been freed after new evidence suggested the victims were coerced into fabricating their testimonies. The court overturned his 2022 conviction and sentence following an appeal.

• The man was initially found guilty of defiling four minors under his care as a children's home director between 2010 and 2016.
• Fresh details emerged in a 2024 court hearing revealing that a sponsor of the institution promised rewards to minors to testify falsely against the man.
• The Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul had previously handed down the tough sentence in 2022, emphasizing the seriousness of the offense.