Kenyan Policeman Convicted of Raping Pregnant Woman Who Went to Report Case

A Kenyan police officer has been found guilty of raping a woman who had gone to report a case at Lamu Police Station.

28-year-old Rodgers Ouma was convicted of rape by Lamu Principal Magistrate Allan Temba on Thursday with the court finding that he abused his position as a police officer.

The prosecution proved that Ouma lured the victim to his house at Langoni Police Lines where he sexually assaulted her.

The court heard that the 26-year-old woman had gone to the station to report that her husband was trying to force her to take abortion pills in order to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.

As she returned home after filing the report, the suspect stopped her and after perusing through her complaint, he offered to help her solve the matter.

Since it was raining and the two were heading in the same direction, the officer offered her shelter in his house for rains to subside.

Ouma took advantage of the situation to sexually abused her. The incident happened on December 8th, 2019 at around 8 pm.

He will be sentenced on Friday, July 3rd.