Mathira: Police arrest man caught attempting to defile 12-year-old girl

By , K24 Digital
On Thu, 19 Jan, 2023 18:58 | < 1 min read
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Police in Mathira have arrested a 50-year-old man who was caught red-handed attempting to defile a 12-year-old minor at Ihwagi village in Mathira East Sub-county.

The suspect was caught by a relative identified as Dickson Weru who saw him dragging the minor into his three-bedroom house with a motive to defile her.

"When I saw the man who is well known in the village for his illegitimate sexual behaviour in the company of the young girl going to his house, I knew he was up to no good and I followed them only to find them already in his bedroom. I locked them from outside and alerted the villagers," he said.

Weru who is a relative of the minor said that on questioning what he was doing with the girl, the man said that he wanted to send her to a nearby shop but the villagers brushed off his claims and detained him.

The villagers said that they always suspected that he was exploiting young girls since he has been seen on several occasions in the company of young girls.

The man was arrested and taken to Karatina police station as investigations continues.

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