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Parents of baby found with 14 needles plead not guilty to charges of torture

Isaac Wanyoike and his wife Jacinta Ndunge at the Thika Law Courts. [PHOTO BY KAMAU MAICHUHIE].

The parents of a 10-month-old baby who was found with 14 needles lodged in her buttocks were yesterday charged with torturing their daughter.

Isaac Wanyoike, 42, and his wife Jacinta Ndunge, 31, were accused of subjecting their child to torture by inserting sewing needles into her body.

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