Meria
Elder Lister
Pancino Renato, 75, who was charged with defiling a 15-year-old-girl and committing an indecent act with her. He denied the charges.
Mr Pancino Renato, who claims to be running an orphanage in Kilifi County, faced an additional charge of committing an indecent act with the minor on January 6.
He initially pleaded guilty but changed his mind after Senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo asked his advocate to clearly explain to him the offence he was charged with, and the penalty upon conviction.
He claimed that the girl had lied to him that she was 18.
Mr Renato is alleged to have lured the girl, who comes from a poor background, with a promise that he would pay her school fees.
According to the police, when she went to his apartment to collect the money, he gave her yoghurt laced with a drug to knock her out and then defiled her.
Mr Pancino Renato, who claims to be running an orphanage in Kilifi County, faced an additional charge of committing an indecent act with the minor on January 6.
He initially pleaded guilty but changed his mind after Senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo asked his advocate to clearly explain to him the offence he was charged with, and the penalty upon conviction.
He claimed that the girl had lied to him that she was 18.
Mr Renato is alleged to have lured the girl, who comes from a poor background, with a promise that he would pay her school fees.
According to the police, when she went to his apartment to collect the money, he gave her yoghurt laced with a drug to knock her out and then defiled her.
