A radio presenter in Garissa has been charged with defiling a Form One student.
Muhiyadin H***an, 34, a presenter with ***san FM, appeared before Chief Magistrate Cosmas Maundu on Tuesday.
He was charged with two counts of ******** abusing a 17-year old girl in Bula Iftin area on October 26, 2017.
According to the ***********, Muhiyadin lured the girl into his **use to alleg***y advise her on why she s**uld pursue journalism as a career.
The girl is said to have trusted him because he works as a presenter at a local FM station.
It was then that he forced her to have *** with him.
The sc**olgirl was found pregnant when she was due for admission to Thika Garrison secondary sc**ol.
The *******, w** stood pensively in the parked court, listened as the charges were read to him.
He, **wever, den*** all of them and was released on the bond of Ksh 200, 000 with the same surety or cash bail of similar amount.
The case w*** be heard on April 1, while mentioning wa set for February 19.
Sources told the Star that the girl’s close relative had previously tr*** to settle the matter in a traditional way commonly known as ‘Maslah’.
They had alleg***y been paid Ksh 80,000, but the mother wanted justices to be done, so as it can be an example to other offenders.
Such cases of child ***** are on the rise in North Eastern.
**wever many don’t end up in court with the ******** being left scot-free after settling the matter in a traditional way.
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