A man who escaped from an Ol kalou police cell last year has been
arrested for defilement.
Joseph Wamithi, 27, was arrested on Tuesday after a 14-year-old
girl who disappeared from a school at Munyeki in Ol kalou was traced to his
house.
Police said the girl disappeared from their home
on January 14 and was declared missing after she couldn't be traced.
Nyandarua Central police boss Wilson Kosgei said the
parents were worried that their daughter was killed.
"But after the matter was shared on social media, she was
found cohabiting with Wamithi for the eight days she has been missing."
It was when the police went to rescue the girl that one officer
noticed Wamithi as an escapee in another
defilement case.
"As we were looking at our records, we realised he also committed a
similar offence last year," Kosgei said.
Police are now tracing the parents of the
15-year-old girl Wamithi defiled last year.
"We are going to prefer two counts of
defilement against him."
