Police have arrested a 45-year-old man after he allegedly defiled a 73-year-old woman in the KK Ndagani location in Chuka Igambangombe Constituency in Tharaka Nithi County.
Confirming the incident, Tharaka Nithi County police commander Zacchaeus Ngeno revealed that preliminary investigations show that the suspect, James Mutembei, visited the home of the victim who was with her husband at the time.
The assailant then lied to the victim's husband that his mother had summoned him.
Upon arriving at his mother's home, the assailant returned to the victim's home without the victim's husband.
He found the victim alone at their home and raped her.
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The suspect was arrested and taken to Chuka police station and is set to be arraigned on Tuesday.
