A man was yesterday arraigned at the Makindu Law courts after he attempted to defile a 13-year-old girl in Changinywa village of Kikumbulyo location, in Makueni County.
The teenage girl was on her way to school when the man, Peter Odongo, dragged her to the nearby bush.
According to Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the suspect attempted to take the girl’s innocence, however, the girl put up a spirited fight to keep him at bay.
“Luckily, the girl managed to fight off the man who had already soiled her loins and escaped towards her home, where she reported the incident to her mother,” read DCI report.
She was immediately rushed to Kibwezi sub county hospital by her distraught mother, where the necessary medical examinations were conducted to nail the suspect.
Meanwhile, Police officers who got wind of the incident from concerned neighbours, immediately arrested the perpetrator at a nearby farm.
He was arraigned at the Makindu Law courts, to answer to charges of attempted defilement, contrary to section 9 (1) and (2) of the Sexual Offences Act.
