A 45 year old father was yesterday arraigned for defiling a 12-year-old girl, the man is said to have taken advantage of the girl when she visited his house to see his daughter.
The court heard that on December 27th last year the girl accompanied by her brother went to John Njiru Njeru’s house in Kithimu village, Embu West to visit Njiru’s daughter who was not home by the time.
According to the complainant Njiru lured her with the promise of giving her sugarcane to his maize plantation where he committed the heinous crime as her brother waited for them at his house.
Appearing before senior resident magistrate Robinson Oigara Njiru pleaded not guilty. The court was adjourned and Njiru released on a bond of Sh. 120,000. He could however not raise the amount thus he will be in custody till the next hearing on January 10th.
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