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Outrage as judge sets free defiler because ‘girl was willing’

Justice Said Chitembwe

A man serving a 20-year sentence for defiling a 13-year-old girl in 2012 has been set free.

A judge in Malindi ruled that the girl behaved like an adult and enjoyed repeated sex with the 24-year-old man.

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