60-year-old Man Arrested For Allegedly Raping
Mentally Challenged Woman
The police have arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly
having carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old mentally challenged woman in Gituntu,
Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya on Monday, May 17.
Witnesses said the victim was seen walking out of the suspect’s homestead crying
and when asked what had happened, she said that the old man had tricked her
into his house and raped her.
Area Chief Edward Gitonga, who confirmed the incident said the suspect, who
lives alone, was found naked and the innerwear of the girl on his bed.
The administrator said the victim said that the man called
her from the road and asked her to help him look for some missing keys inside
his house. But once she was inside the house, he allegedly pushed her onto the
bed threatening to strangle her in case she screamed.
The man was taken to Mitheru police post and the girl rushed to hospital for
checkup.
Speaking to journalists, Stella Kagendo, a resident said the girl claimed that
the old man slapped and pushed her out of the house when she screamed after he
was done.
