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Kenyan woman returns after rape and jail ordeal in Saudi Arabia

Lavina Mapenzi Ngolo at her parents' home in Frere Town, Mombasa, yesterday. She returned to Kenya on Thursday from Saudi Arabia, where she was jailed for 'engaging in illicit sex'. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

A Kenyan woman has arrived back home after a one-year ordeal in a Saudi Arabian prison.

Levina Mapenzi Ngolo, 27, who was jailed for allegedly engaging in illicit sex, returned home from Riyadh on Thursday night aboard an Ethiopian airliner.

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