A 21-year-old man was charged with stealing a woman’s purse after she entered a public toilet and left her possessions with him.
Lewis Njuguna appeared before Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi, where he was charged with stealing a handbag and an Infinix phone worth Kshs 28,000 from Grace Nyambura on July 31st.
According to the prosecution, Njuguna called Nyambura allegedly his long-time friend, and asked that they meet at the Khoja Bus Stage to exchange “greetings.”
According to police, Nyambura was escorting her sister to an interview in the CBD on that particular day.
However, before she came at the Kooja stage, she received a call from Njuguna, who asked her to meet him there to exchange greetings.
They then reunited at the Kooja stage, but Nyambura stated that she was pressed. And she needed to go to the washroom. She then informed Njuguna that she needed to use the restroom. She chose to use the stage’s public restroom.
She then left her handbag with Njuguna, which included her phone, an Infinix Hot 12j, a national ID, and other personal belongings.
When she returned, she found Njuguna had disappeared. She tried calling him on both his and her phones, but she couldn’t reach him since he had turned off both of their phones.
The particulars of the offense are that on the 31st day of July 2023 at Kooja stage public toilet, along Tom Mboya Street, he stole a Black handbag containing one mobile phone make Infinix hot 12j, a National Identity card and other personal items valued at Kshs,28,000 from Nyambura Maina.
She made a report at the Central police station where efforts commenced of tracing Njuguna.
He was later traced at Kingeero market, in Wangige. Njuguna pleaded not guilty and was freed on a cash bail of Kshs 50,000 or a cash bail of Kshs 20,000.
