{"id":23902,"date":"2016-03-15T01:31:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T01:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenya-city-court-orders-rape-medic-trial-to-be\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T01:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T01:31:12","slug":"kenya-city-court-orders-rape-medic-trial-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-city-court-orders-rape-medic-trial-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya:City court orders rape \u2018medic\u2019 trial to be restarted"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A man accused of sexually assaulting a sedated patient while posing as a medical doctor has been charged afresh.}<\/p>\n

Mr James Mugo Ndichu alias Dr Mugo wa Wairimu denied multiple counts of operating an illegal clinic and administering unknown drugs to a patient with the intention of overpowering her.<\/p>\n

He has been charged with raping a sedated woman who will be identified by the pseudonym ABC during the trial.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor said on November 1, 2014 at Prestige Healthcare Clinic in Nairobi, Mr Ndichu raped the woman after giving her four tablets of an unknown drug.<\/p>\n

Mr Ndichu denied operating a drug shop not registered by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.<\/p>\n

The said business, the court was told, operated in the city\u2019s Githurai 44 Estate.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor \u2014 Jacinta Nyamosi \u2014 told the court that Mr Ndichu stocked and used illegal laboratory reagents at the clinic.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn September 18, 2015 at Prestige Healthcare, Githurai 44 Estate, he was found stocking and using 14 invalidated medical lab reagents jointly with others not in court,\u201d Ms Nyamosi said.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor added that Mr Ndichu employed two unregistered lab technicians, identified as Ms Christine Mumbua Philip and Ms Jane Muthoni.<\/p>\n

Mr Ndichu is accused of presenting himself as a doctor and purporting to practise medicine while not registered and licensed as a physician.<\/p>\n

GRAVE OFFENSE
\nThe prosecutor said between November 1, 2014 and September 6, 2015, Mr Ndichu used the title \u201cdoctor\u201d but had not acquired a higher academic qualification.<\/p>\n

He also faced the charge of being found in possession and using a radiation device without a permit from the Radiation Protection Board.<\/p>\n

Chief Magistrate Daniel Ogembo freed Mr Ndichu on a Sh5 million bond, pending the hearing of the case on May 4.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the magistrate directed that copies of witness statements be released to Mr Ndichu.<\/p>\n

Mr Ndichu, who is also a social media commentator and has declared an interest in the Roysambu parliamentary seat, was arrested after a video recording believed to be of him sedating and raping a patient went viral.<\/p>\n

Following the airing of the video on Citizen Television, police apprehended him in a Limuru hotel, where he was hiding.<\/p>\n

He was later charged on September 11, 2015 with committing a sexual offence on a sedated patient.<\/p>\n

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