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Mombasa Court frees schoolgirl who wants to get married

A female student was yesterday arrested by county askaris after she was spotted with a man in a lodging in Mombasa County. Nineteen-year-old Catherine Ngoja, who wore school uniform, had accompanied her boyfriend, Kengo Joto, 30, to a lodging in Likoni. PHOTO: COURTESY

A female student was yesterday arrested by county askaris after she was spotted with a man in a lodging in Mombasa County. Nineteen-year-old Catherine Ngoja, who wore school uniform, had accompanied her boyfriend, Kengo Joto, 30, to a lodging in Likoni.

The man, a Class Five dropout and Ms Ngoja were both charged with being a public nuisance.Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Martin Rabera, who appeared stunned by Ngoja’s confession freed the two with a stern warning after concluding that the crime they were charged with could not stand in law or lead to conviction.

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