The High Court has found a standard three pupil guilty of murdering 11-year-old girl, whom he alleged was his ‘girlfriend’.
The 12-year old’s defense that he was obsessed by ‘dark forces’ during the ordeal was dismissed by Justice Christine Meoli during the hearing.
The boy was found guilty of stabbing the girl three times, as the two allegedly had sex.
The accused was then sent to Kimumu junior probation hostels for three years, after the court found out that he came from a dysfunctional family and experienced a difficult childhood.
The incident happened on July 5, 2016 in Kibuyu village in Magumu, when the standard three pupil from Kinangop is said to have decended on the girl, stabbing her to death.
In his defence the boy, who was represented by lawyer Francis Mburu, said dark forces directed him to stab the girl.
He later confessed to her sister of the offense, alleging a tall man with a knife appeared as the two had sex and ordered him to kill her.
However, the judge ruled that from evidence adduced in court, the girl could have rebuffed the boy's advances leading to the fatal attack.
"The accused defence is unbelievable, conjured to absolve him and the prosecution has proven the case beyond any reasonable doubt," she ruled.