Tension and silence filled the courtroom yesterday when a man who had been accused of defilement for nearly a year was suddenly declared not guilty and released immediately after new evidence unexpectedly surfaced shocking both the judge and the prosecutors
The man identified as Maina a 32 year old mechanic from Githurai had been battling the case since last year He was arrested after a neighbor’s daughter claimed he had lured her into his house and committed the crime Maina denied all accusations and insisted he was being framed
According to his family Maina had never had problems with the law and had a clean record They described him as a hardworking man whose only crime was rejecting advances from a relative of the same neighbor. To continue reading, click here.