Francis Maganga, 27, was on Saturday night beaten and left for dead by students of Senior Chief Mwangeka Girls School where he is said to have been sneaking into the girls dormitories and sexually harassing them for almost one year.
The school authorities later handed over the suspect to police in Wundanyi Police Station who say the suspect has been sneaking into the school since June last year.
The school is coincidentally among three secondary schools in Taita Taveta that have been fitted with closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras but the multi-million shillings equipment have not been useful although the suspect images was captured by CCTV cameras in an earlier incident. School authorities say they were not able to fully identify him.
Taita Sub-county Deputy Police Commander Daniel Mukumbu said the suspect went straight to the bed of a specific girl and started to touch her indecently. The girl raised alarm and the girls who were waiting for the call cornered the suspects and unleashed their wrath on him. “The suspect was beaten by the students. He has facial injuries,” said Mukumbu.
“We have launched investigations into the issue. We will take the suspect to court this week,” Mukumbu said. The deputy police commander says that school authorities, students and security guards have already recorded statements.
