Man Accused Of Sodomising 19 Boys Arraigned In A Murang’a Court.
The 38-year-old man accused of sodomising nine minors in
Igikiro Village has been arraigned in a Murang’a Court.
Enoch Mwangi from Igikiro village in Maragua, was charged
that on diverse dates, he had anal penetration with a minor and knowingly infected
the 14-year-old boy with HIV virus.
Appearing before Kigumo Senior Resident Magistrate Agnes
Mwangi on Monday, Enoch denied the two charges claiming to be in a relationship
with the boy’s mother and he was HIV –ve.
He was released on a Sh. 400,000 bond and a surety of
similar amount. His case will be mentioned on the 3rd of October
2016 and a hearing set for the 21st of December 2016.
However, only one case out of the eight alleged victims was
presented.
Mwangi was arrested on Sunday after locals raised an alarm
following the confession of one of the victims.
He was accused of coercing the
children to his house in Igikiro Village, Kamahuha Location of Makuyu
Sub-County before sexually assaulting them.
“In a day that I cannot exactly remember, Mwangi met us as
we were going to fetch some firewood and gave me sh. 50. Later in the day, he
called me to his house and demanded his money back. I told him that I had lost
it. He gave me another sh. 25 to go and buy some petroleum jelly. Upon return
to his house, he forced my panties down, smeared the jelly onto my behind and
sexually penetrated me. He later warned me that if I ever told anyone about
what had happened, he would slice me into pieces with his panga,” narrated one
of the victims.
The boy’s mother could not come to terms with the fact that
her son had been infected with the HIV Virus. She said that she feared for
other children, not only hers, but also from the entire village if at all this
man was not confined to prison as they may end up suffering the same fate in
his hands.
The doctors have already done a HIV test to all the members
of her family and ascertained that, apart from the rape victim, the rest tested
negative of the virus.
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