Loitoktok Law Courts has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Erick Matheka, to life imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old girl.

The Court’s Principal Magistrate, Judicaster Nthuku, was charged between November 28 and 29, 2021, in the Isinet area.

While testifying before the court, the girl told the court how, on November 27, 2021, she had gone to fetch water when she met Mama Ann, mother to the accused, washing clothes.

Mama Ann requested that she help her carry clothes to her house, where she locked her in her home.

She narrated how the woman invited her son, the accused, into the house, where he defiled her.

The minor narrated how the two continued locking her in the house, and the accused defiled her repeatedly until the morning of November 29, when she was released to go home.

Meanwhile, Digna Festo, mother to the minor, had made a report of her missing daughter at Isinet Police Station, which led the police to launch a manhunt for the minor.

The accused and his mother went into hiding until June 25 last year, when the accused was arrested and charged with the offence.