School watchman charged with defiling 12-year-old pupil
Owino allegedly sent the minor to buy him sweets outside the school and when she returned, he asked her to get into a room behind the school's kitchen
A 66-year-old watchman has allegedly been defiling a 12-year-old pupil away from the eyes of teachers and fellow pupils at a school in Nairobi by sending her to buy him sweets.
However, his dirty game came to an end when the pupil defied his warnings and confided in her teacher about the violations of her innocence leading to his arrest and arraignment in court.
The latest incident occurred on August 2 at the Christ Hope Kenya – a school operated by a non for profit organisation in Mathare, Nairobi where the minor schools and where the suspect, Joshua Owino works as a watchman.
Owino allegedly sent the minor to buy him sweets outside the school and when she returned, he asked her to get into a room behind the school’s kitchen.
The suspect is then said to have closed the room immediately the survivor stepped inside to deliver the sweets he had sent her to buy. Owino is said to have undressed the minor as usual and defiled her.
Owino, however, stopped the incident midway after the minor complained of pains and almost raised an alarm.
He let her go but warned her not to tell anyone, threatening to kill her if she disclosed the ordeal.
However, the child confided in her teacher a few days later, sharing how this had happened to her severally and she was escorted to the Medisen San Frontiers (MSF) hospital along Junja Road where she was examined and treated before the matter was reported to the police.
Owino was arrested and arraigned at the Makadara law courts where he denied the charges of defilement, which are in contravention of section 8(1) as read with section 8 (2) of the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) of 2006, before Chief Magistrate Beatrice Kimemia.
He was released on a bond of Sh300,000. The case will be mentioned on August 26 before the hearing starts on December 10.
