An Australian national accused of taking advantage of his position as an orphanage head to seduce two men for same-sex is yet to stand trial three years after his arrest.
Ian Castleman was arrested on September 12, 2012, and arraigned before the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Nairobi before he sought the case to be transferred to Nakuru where the alleged offences occurred.
Mr Castleman is yet to go for trail due to a constitutional petition at the Nakuru High Court that he filed to challenge his trial under sections of the Sexual Offences Act (Sec 24).
According to him, being a foreign national as claimed in the pending petition, he is unconstitutionally charged as the Act discriminates against Kenyan citizens disposed to same-sex activity.
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