Boda boda man accused of abducting and raping a school girl

A court was yesterday told how a boda boda operator abducted a high school student on her way home and defiled her.

According to the teenager’s aunt, the Form Three student at a local school went missing on March 31, 2017 and efforts to look for her at her friends’ homes bore no fruit.

The aunt told the court the accused, Shem Barasa, brought the 19-year-old girl in the morning on his motorcycle but fled immediately.

She insisted Mr Barasa had given the girl a coat to cover the uniform to hide her identity as a school girl.

“I saw the accused bring my niece but he immediately covered his face and sped off,” said the aunt.

She told the court the student was taken to hospital and found to have been sexually assaulted, after which she recorded a statement at Kakamega Police Station.

The victim had earlier told the court she was abducted on her way home when the accused offered to carry her on his motorcycle.

She said it was late in the evening and she freely accepted a free ride unaware of the intentions of the suspect.

“I didn’t know him but since I was late from school, I agreed to hitch a lift but when we were near home, he sped and took me to his house,” said the student.

She said she was locked up in a house, defiled at night and released at 6am on April 1.

Barasa is accused of abducting the student in Ivakale location, Kakamega East, and sexually assaulting her.

Principal Magistrate Hazel Wandere slated further hearing for October 30, when a medical report will be tabled.

[Jack Murima]