TWO FORGERY SUSPECTS ACQUITTED AFTER SIX YEARS OF TRIAL

TWO FORGERY SUSPECTS ACQUITTED AFTER SIX YEARS OF TRIAL

By Chris Ojow

In her lengthy Judgment delivered on

Wednesday 27th of May 2020, Kibera Law Court

Senior Magistrate Elizabeth Juma acquitted

Henry Muriithi Mvungu and Nahashon Ngare

Kabungua.

The accused were arrested on 19th January

2012 and freed on a police bond where on 24th

November the year 2014 the two were charged

at Kibera Law Nairobi County Kenya with three

counts of Forgery, making a document without

lawful authority and uttering false document.

The two pleaded not guilty and were released

on bond where they started the long journey of

court trial for six good years.

In her lengthy Judgment Senior Magistrate

Elizabeth Juma acquitted the two on grounds

that the State Prosecution presented a weak

case and evidence produced before the trial

court was in sufficient to warrant the conviction

of two.

The accused through their officer of the court,

orally submitted a brief application seeking for

the refund of their cash bail and the Court

immediately granted their application, issuing

an order for cash bail refund.