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A man has been charged with making false Title Deed plan for a parcel of land.
At Milimani law courts, Stephen Wanyee Gichuhu was charged of making a false Title Deed plan for a parcel of land measuring approximately 5 acres located at Karen valued at Ksh 350,000,000 with intention to defraud Ms Goodison Trust Corporation Ltd of the said piece of land.
He was released on a cash bail of 2 million shillings.
In the same court, record manager at Independent Policing Oversight Authority Norbert Ouko Opeyo, co accused David Bahati Okunda and Benard Ochieng Okello were charged with stealing a murder investigations file.
The suspects also assorted investigation documents from IPOA head offices at ACK Annexe building on diverse dates between 1st December 2020 and 29th May 2021.
They were detained at Capital Hill police station until Thursday after the prosecution applied to detain them as they complete arrangements to secure safety of witnesses with the Witness Protection Agency.
In a short ruling, the court denied the three accused persons bail and ordered that the accused be detained for a period of seven days.
The trial magistrate Ndungi ordered that pre-bail reports be prepared and presented in court on June 4, 2021.
“Therefore we are requesting that the accused be remanded at Capitol Police Station on the basis that the investigating officer needs to make arrangements with the witness protection agency to ensure the safety of the witnesses,” the court was told.
The accused persons through their lawyer urged the court to dismiss the application insisting that the offense is bailable.
However, the Prosecution cited the stolen files have put witnesses at risk as there are other files which are missing from the IPOA office urging the court not to grant them bail.
“The reason that they are likely to interfere with witnesses is compelling enough to deny the accused persons bail. However the 10 days are too many,” the court noted.
They all pleaded not guilty before Magistrate.
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