Man to spend life in prison for defiling nine-year-old-girl

Marimanti Law Courts in Tharaka-Nithi County. Marimanti Resident Magistrate Linus Menza has jailed a 70-year-old man for life after finding him guilty of defiling a nine-year-old-girl. PHOTO | ALEX NJERU

What you need to know:

  • He had been released on a Sh50,000 bond but failed to appear in court in 2013 when the ruling was to be made.
  • The court issued a warrant of arrest and he was apprehended in early 2016.
  • On Tuesday, Marimanti Resident Magistrate Linus Menza found him guilty of the offence.

A 70-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a court in Tharaka-Nithi found him guilty of defiling a nine-year-old-girl.

Mucee Kaunjugi was first arraigned in the Marimanti Law Courts on October 28, 2012 and denied the charges, saying that he was removing a tick that had bitten the girl on her private parts.

The man, who hails from Maragua Location in Tharaka-Nithi County, was then released on a Sh50,000 bond but failed to appear in court in 2013 when the ruling was to be made.

The court issued a warrant of arrest and he was apprehended in early 2016.

On Tuesday, Marimanti Resident Magistrate Linus Menza found him guilty of the offence.

The court declined to hear his plea for a lesser penalty.

Mr Menza said Kaunjugi will serve as an example to those with similar evil minds.