You have failed this teenage girl, Kenyan judge tells society

High Court judge Wilfrida Okwany has admonished society for failing to protect girls from sex predators. The judge, while sentencing a teenage girl who killed her seven-month-old baby due to frustrations from her family, noted how the girl underwent a lot of suffering at a tender age.

"The accused faced constant quarrels and taunting from none other than her mother who ought to have been her only source of strength, comfort and consolation following the unfortunate circumstances that led to her pregnancy when she was least prepared to be a mother in the first place. This court notes that everything that could go wrong in a young girl's life happened to the accused herein," noted Justice Okwany.