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University student jailed 25 years for Valerian Njeri murder

Fifteen-year-old Valerie Njeri who was murdered by a seventeen year old boy in Mirera Estate in Naivasha after rejecting his sexual advances. [File, Standard]

The High Court in Naivasha has sentenced a university student to twenty-five years in prison for the murder of a 15-year-old girl five years ago.

High Court Judge Grace Nzioka found twenty-two-year-old Fredrick Mwonjoria, a student at Machakos University, guilty of murdering the minor after she allegedly rejected his sexual advances.

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