The case against businessman Paul Kobia for shooting in the air at a massage parlor has been dismissed.
According to Chief Magistrate Micheni Wendy, the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt
“I have considered an application by the defense and the prosecution, and it is clear that the accused did not behave disorderly because he was protecting his life and property,” Micheni added.
Kobia was accused in the case of shooting in the air at a massage parlor in 2017.
He was charged, along with four others, with kidnapping and detaining a Congolese national, Landole Iseka Blanchard, on March 9, 2017, at a massage parlor in Nairobi County’s Kilimani area.
He and his six bodyguards were apprehended in Nairobi after getting into a fight with a Congolese national.
The Congolese national was hurt in the incident and is being treated in the hospital. Kobia told police he went to claim his Sh40 million loan from the Congolese national in exchange for gold.
According to witnesses, Kobia and his gang arrived at Super Lodge on Kindaruma Road in Kilimani around 10 p.m., where the Congolese identified only as Londale stayed and forced their way in.
They then forced him into their car, beating him and screaming that they needed their money.
Kobia is said to have shot in the air twice after guards at the apartment tried to block their path.
