Three women appeared in court accused of putting pepper in another woman's private area for allegedly having an affair with their husbands.

 Monica Jeptum, Joyce Jerobon, and Caroline Jerotich were accused of carrying out the crime on the 24-year-old lady on October 1 in Kapseret, Uasin Gishu county.

PHOTO | COURTESY police line

They were also accused of assaulting and wounding the victim.

They denied the allegations when they appeared before Mogire Onkoba, the senior judge of the Eldoret Court, on Wednesday.

They were freed on bail of Ksh. 100,000 and are awaiting the hearing of the case on November 4.