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Shame as Mombasa Woman locked up in same cell as men

Julie Munyasi Mwamuye with Abdulkarim Musa Ali and Aden Abdi Siiba alias Tall at the Mombasa High Court in Mombasa County.Photo: Kelvin Karani/Standard

A judge has ordered an investigation into claims that a woman facing murder charges was detained with men at Central Police Station in Mombasa who attempted to rape her.

Julie Mnyazi Mwamuye stunned the court on Wednesday when she claimed detectives investigating the murder of ICT expert and businessman Moiz Esmail-Jee, in which she has been implicated, tortured her and locked her up with male inmates.

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