NAIROBI: Two Kenyans accused of stripping a woman have been charged with sexual assault, reports said on Thursday, a case that sparked angry protests after a video of the attack was made public.
The two men, a minibus driver and his conductor, are accused of stripping a woman and then sexually assaulting her at a petrol station in the capital Nairobi on September 19, because they believed her clothing was too revealing.
The case, as well as other attacks, prompted hundreds to march through the capital last month calling for an end to violence against women. The men, Nicholas Chege and Meshack Mburu, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to two counts of robbery with violence and sexual assault, the Daily Nation newspaper reported.
They face a possible death penalty if found guilty. A film, shot on a mobile telephone on September 19 showed a violent mob stripping a woman in the Githurai district on the outskirts of Nairobi.
Source: AFP
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