Jacinta Ndunge and her husband Isaac Gichure at Thika law courts. They have been freed on a Sh300,000 bond in the case they are accused of inserting 14 needles in their 10-month-old daughter. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
Parents of the girl in whose body doctors discovered needles have been freed on a Sh300,000 bond.
Jacinta Ndunge and her husband Isaac Gichure were released on Friday at Thika law courts.
Thika Senior Resident Magistrate Grace Omodho handed them the release bond with the option of providing one surety of a similar amount.
This came after the couple applied to be
accorded lenient bond terms by the court.
Should they abscond any court hearing, Justice Omodho warned that the court shall withdraw the bond terms.
The two are accused of inserting the needles in the baby's body and putting her health at risk.
The father however said he was innocent of the crime.
“I swear before God that I came to learn that my child had needles inside her body when doctors conducted an X-ray. There’s no way I can or take part in harming my own child. I plead with this court to release me so that I can feed my other children,” Gichura said as reported by the Star.
Ms Ndunge on her part asked the court to release her so she could breastfeed her baby.
“I’m aggrieved that people are thinking that I harmed my daughter. If I didn’t want her I wouldn’t have raised her to this point. Please release me so that I can go and breastfeed her,” she pleaded.