This archive report was first published on 14 December 2019.
Published on December 14, 2019, a 33-year-old man was charged with sodomising a 10-year-old mentally challenged boy in Nairobi.
The accused, a casual laborer, was charged with defilement before Makadara court on Friday, December 13, 2019, and is accused of committing the offence on December 10 at Mihang'o Estate in Njiru, Nairobi.
He is facing an alternative charge of indecent act with a minor.
According to reports, the accused lured the boy to a friend's house where he was found by members of the public who suspected he had ulterior motives and beat him up before handing him over to the police.
The minor was treated at a city hospital and discharged.
The accused denied the charges before senior principal magistrate Angelo Kithinji and was released on a bond of Sh500,000.
The hearing of the case will start on April 15, 2020.
