Man,60, accused of sexually assaulting girl,9, in Nyeri matatu freed on Ksh.200K bond

Man,60, accused of sexually assaulting girl,9, in Nyeri matatu freed on Ksh.200K bond

A 60-year-old man has been freed after he denied indecently assaulting a 9-year-old girl in a matatu on the Marua-Chaka road in Nyeri.

John Nderitu Mbogo had appeared before Chief Magistrate Nelly Kariuki.

He was released on Ksh. 200,000 bond and a surety of a similar amount.

The case will be heard on July 24.

A local newspaper said the 9-year-old girl had survived another rape ordeal and this was the second time that a man sexually assaulted her.

She is said to have lost consciousness when she alighted from the Nyeri matatu that she and grandmother had boarded.

As soon as the Class 3 pupil came to, she narrated how the man had allegedly sexually assaulted her.

According to the grandmother, they had boarded the Sieta Sacco matatu plying the Marua-Chaka route on Tuesday afternoon.

The suspect asked to help her carry one of the two children who had accompanied her so she agreed and handed over one of them.

Report by Theuri Mbogo

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defilement rape

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