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Teenager in suspected defilement is mentally retarded, court told

A teenager alleged to have defiled six nursery school girls could be mentally handicapped, the court was told.

In a mental assessment report tabled in court, Kakamega Senior Principal Magistrate Thomas Muraguri was told that the 15-year-old suspect is not fit to take plea.

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