A 28-year-old football coach was Tuesday charged with sexually assaulting two minors and producing a pornographic film of the acts.
Patrick Mbauni alias Pat ARV alias Daddy was arraigned before chief magistrate Hon Elizabeth Osui at the Malindi law courts, where he faced two counts of defilement, four counts of child pornography and four counts of child trafficking.
A charge sheet produced in court indicated that Mbauni sexually assaulted the minors at his rented house in Kisumu Ndogo area within Malindi Sub-County on diverse dates between August, 2022 and January 11, 2023.
He is also accused of committing an indecent act with the minors using his hands.
He allegedly committed the offences on diverse dates between August last year and January 11, 2023.
Mr Muriithi is further charged with child pornography, where he is accused of producing pornographic videos of the minors using his mobile phone.
Aside from the videos, he is also accused of being in possession of obscene photos of the two minors. He allegedly produced the pornographic material on December 9 and 11 last year.
In another count, the suspect has been charged with trafficking persons after he allegedly received and harboured the minors in his house for purposes of sexual exploitation.
The suspect denied the charges when he appeared before Malindi Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Usui.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) described Mbauni as a notorious pedophile.
He was arrested in Malindi last Wednesday after detectives based at the DCI Academy intercepted disturbing content online, portraying the 28-year-old abusing the minors.
“The sleuths using a specialized software for flagging such content online, went for the paedophile who runs a football foundation in Malindi, which he has been using to lure the innocent minors before engaging them in the beastly act. Medical tests later confirmed that two of the minors had been sexually abused,” said the DCI.
Investigating officer, Sergeant Wycliff Jefwa, informed the court that the suspect founded Pat Arve football club where he has been child grooming his victims.
He was remanded pending bond ruling.
The case will be mentioned on February 7.
