60-Year-Old Man Arrested For Raping 20-Year-Old Woman With Intellectual Disability

Police discovered evidence linking a 60-year-old man to the rape of a 20-year-old woman. The accused allegedly lured the woman into his home before threatening and sexually assaulting her. The residents of Gituntu, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya were left shocked by the heinous crime. Police arrested the accused on Monday, May 17.

The unnamed victim, who has intellectual disabilities, was spotted crying on the road by neighbors. When they asked the woman what was amiss, she revealed that she had been sexually assaulted by the man outside whose home she was crying. Police were informed of the incident.

Area Chief Edward Gitonga said that the police found the man inside his home with evidence linking him to the incident. The man, who lives alone, was found only wearing a shirt. On his bed was an inner garment believed to be that of the victim’s, the Nation reported. The man was arrested from his home.

The victim told the police that she was on the road when the accused approached her. He reportedly asked the woman to go to his home to help him look for his lost keys. When she entered his home, the man pushed her onto his bed. The victim tried to escape but the man threatened to strangle her. After he was done assaulting her, he slapped her and pushed her out of his home, Emmanuel’s Blog reported.

A resident of Gituntu, Stella Kagendo, expressed her concern over the safety of children in the area. She said that the locals want the accused to be jailed by the court.

Outrage over sexual assault has been overwhelming in Nigeria after the rape and murder of a job seeker. Following Iniubong Umoren’s death, many women have come forward to share the horrors of the sexual assault they were subjected to. The victim had been lured by her attacker with a fake job interview. The accused, Uduak Frank Akpan raped the woman, beat her to death and buried her body in a shallow grave.

Umoren’s body was later found and Akpan later arrested. During the victim’s funeral, Dorothy Edet shared how she too nearly became a victim as she too received the fake job interview message. Even though she escaped Akpan’s trap, she claims that she has been a victim of sexual assault since her childhood. Edet said that she was raped on multiple occasions by her uncle, her pastor and strangers. Akpan also confessed that he had raped at least six other women using the same fake job offer trap.