Timber dealer repeatedly rapes his 9 year old daughter

Francis Njeru Kobuthi at the Court of Appeal in Nyeri on May 13, 2015. He had been convicted of defiling his nine-year-old daughter in Embu in 2009. [PHOTO: DENNIS MBAE/STANDARD]

Disturbingly, even parents who should jealously protect their daughters from paedophiles and any form of molestation sometimes turn into the proverbial hyena that feasted on its children.

The case of Francis Njeru Kobuthi who repeatedly defiled his nine-year-old step-daughter after separating with her mother is a sad one.