A man has pleaded guilty to theft charges after breaking into an office at Nairobi Chapel Church on Ngong Road and stealing a laptop and accessories worth Sh110,000.
Joseph Kamau Ndung’u admitted to the charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Esther Bhoke at the Kibera Law Courts.
After attending church service, Ndung’u broke into a container at the church and stole the aforementioned items.
Mr Ndung’u took Rodgers Koome Kinyua, the sound technician’s laptop and accessories. He also took Sh200 from Mr. Kinyua’s laptop bag, as well as an umbrella.
A security guard told Kinyua that he saw a man leave the office with a bag but didn’t bother him because he assumed he was a staffer.
The CCTV footage from the premises was reviewed, and Ndung’u was seen leaving with the bag.
Ndung’u was spotted inside the church on May 15 during the service dressed in the same clothes he was wearing when he stole the items, according to the court.
Police were called and he was arrested inside the church.
Ndung’u begged for mercy, claiming that his wife and mother are completely reliant on him.
He claimed he stole the items in order to sell them and pay his rent and feed his family.
