In their affidavit police said contrary to claims by members of the public that the accused alongside his accomplices were dangerous and armed, the man was unarmed when he was being arrested and even a search in his house bore no weapon. However, police said that the clothes he was wearing in the CCTV footage were found in his house alongside a watch and a ring suspected to have been stolen
By Collins Waanzallah
One of the three men captured on CCTV footage while stealing from members of the public in the Kilimani area of Nairobi was presented in court yesterday under a miscellaneous application. Peter Waithaka was presented before Milimani court Chief Magistrate Benard Ochoi on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, where the police were granted 14 days to detain him at Capitol Hill police station until they complete their investigations before charging him officially, the Police had asked for 21 days.
The suspect was arrested on Friday last week in Makongeni, Kaloleni area of Nairobi where after his arrest he led them to his house in Wangige in Kiambu County. In their affidavit police said contrary to claims by members of the public that the accused alongside his accomplices were dangerous and armed, a search in his house yielded no weapon.
In their affidavit police said contrary to claims by members of the public that the accused alongside his accomplices were dangerous and armed, the man was unarmed when he was being arrested and even a search in his house bore no weapon. However, police said that the clothes he was wearing in the CCTV footage were found in his house alongside a watch and a ring suspected to have been stolen. Police added that when he was arrested he identified himself to them as George Njenga while his true name was Waithaka.
In their affidavit police added that after he was arrested some police stations in Nairobi like Langata and Kilimani emerged with reports that the suspect was wanted by them after records in their OB of offences they committed on various dates. The suspect had objected to him being held for that long claiming that he was arrested with no evidence in the Kaloleni, Makongeni area and that he was sick suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes.
He claimed that at the time of his arrest he had $ 3107 on him that the police refused to give him back so that he could handover to his family. He claimed that the police only handed him $ 7 on Monday when he asked for the money. The Magistrate ordered that the suspect be allowed to access his drugs and that the OCS Capitol Hill police station launch investigations on the whereabouts of the money in US dollars that Waithaka claims were his and that police were holding on it. When he was arrested he was unarmed and even a search in his house no weapon was found in it.
