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21-year-old man jailed for 20 years for defiling teenager

The girl's admission that he was her boyfriend could not save him from jail because she is a minor. [iStockphoto]

A man has been jailed for 20 years for defiling a 13-year-old girl in Homa Bay County.

Joseph Opiyo, who is said to have lured the teenager to his house on several occasions and defiled her, was on Wednesday found guilty of the offence by an Oyugis court.

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