A middle aged woman was arraigned at Milimani Law courts under allegations of conspiring to steal Ksh 2.8 million.
According to the charge sheet, Beatrice Wanjiru jointly with another person yet to be apprehended conspired to defraud Zuhura Mohamed Ally a sum of Ksh 2.8 million in pretenses that she would sell to her mobile phones at a retail price.
She is further charged with obtaining money by false pretense. The accused is said to have obtained Ksh 2.8 million from Miss Zuhura on January 27,2022 by falsely pretending she would sell to her mobile phones a fact she knew to be false.
Appearing before Magistrate Caroline Muthoni, she denied particulars of the charges.
Her Lawyer pleaded with the Court to release her on a reasonable bail term stating that the Investing officer in the case is holding Ksh 100,000 which the accused deposited after the arrest.
She requested the court to order the IO to deposit the said cash in court.
The Court released her on a bond of Ksh 500,000 with an alternative cash bail of Ksh 100,000.
