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The minors were veiled and dressed in the same outfits, to conceal their identity

BY JUDY OGUTU

Three girls allegedly defiled by a Nairobi businessman yesterday be­gan giving evidence in camera.

Journalists and human rights ac­tivists, who had jammed the court­room, were ordered to leave and allow the hearing of the girls' evidence in private.

But the accused, Mr Jon Cardon Wagner, Ms Judy Nyaguthie and Ms Fetha Nyamweru, their lawyers, the prosecutor and the magistrate, Mrs Teresia Ngugi, remained behind.

According to the Children's Act, in all actions concerning children, the best interest of the child shall be a pri­mary consideration in such matters.

Yesterday, the girls were veiled and dressed in the same outfits, making it impossible to identify or differentiate them. A policewoman escorted them along the court corridors.

Activists, who had started trickling into the Nairobi Law Courts as early,

A GLANCE AT THE CASE

Jon Wagner was charged on June 27 with defilement

A doctor has testified claim­ing the girls were defiled The three girls give evidence in camera

Wagner is charged together with two women

The women face charges of child prostitution