A CASE in which a suspect has been charged with demanding Sh 10 million ransom from two medical doctors while armed with a pistol was yesterday rescheduled after the prosecutor was reported to be unwell. Consequently, Principal Magistrate Hellen Wasilwa deferred the hearing of the case to July 12.
When the case came up for hearing, the trial magistrate was informed that lawyer Cecil Miller who is prosecuting the case on behalf of the A-G was unwell and he needed another date for the hearing of the remaining three witnesses. Stephen Mungu Mwangi is charged under Section 296(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) which carries a mandatory death sentence if proved guilty. The charges say that on February 5,-2001 at Aculaser Clinic in Parklands, Nairobi, while armed with a dangerous weapon namely a pistol, he violently robbed Dr Karim Mohammed and Dr Amin Mohammed of Sh250,000 and threatened to use force before or after the violence. He has denied the offence, The accused is represented by lawyer Kennedy Kinyanjui who did not object for adjournment of the case by the prosecution. During the last hearing the two doctors identified the suspect.
