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Lovers in court for breach of peace

A man almost lost his finger after a woman bit him in a drunken brawl at a bar in Njoro, a court was told.

Caroline Waruguru allegedly attacked Maina Mwangi after a quarrel in Kirengero trading centre.

A Nakuru court heard that Mwangi hit Waruguru with a blunt object on her thorax where she sustained injuries but she retaliated by biting his thumb.

They were both treated at Kabazi Health Centre and later arrested.

From right: Martin Ngao, Muthama, Musyoka Kiilu, Martin Nzioka Musembi and Josephat Michael Muthama when they appeared in a Nairobi court charged with kidnapping and attempting to steal Sh5.5 million. They were released on a cash bail of Sh200,000. Photo: Evans Habil/ Standard

The two were charged that on February 21, they caused a breach of the peace by fighting in public.

They pleaded guilty but Nakuru Senior Resident Magistrate Wendy Kagendo asked for a probation report before making a ruling.

Waruguru said she had met Mwangi the same day and they became friends but later had a minor disagreement leading to the fight.

She requested for a cash bail claiming she had young children to look after.

"I am a single mother and my children depend on me," she said.

They were both released on a cash bail of Sh2,000 pending hearing on March 20.

Chief charged with trading in game trophies

An assistant chief has been arraigned in a Bomet court for being in possession of a leopard skin.

Daniel Kipkemoi Chemwa of Kapsimotwo sub-location faces two other charges of having game trophies without a certificate from the Wildlife Conservation Management and operating a business without a dealer’s licence.

The administrator is alleged to have committed the offences on September 6, last year.

He denied the charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Timothy Okello and was released on a Sh25,000 bond and a surety of a similar amount until April 21, when the case will be heard.

Man to serve 10 years for killing friend

A middle-aged man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Migori court for manslaughter.

Tobias Kimera was found guilty of killing John Anyango by stabbing him on the chest on July 4, last year, in Suba West, Migori District. An argument had ensued between them as they drank chang’aa at the victim’s home.

A brother of the deceased, Ombok Anyango, told the court that he met Kimera brandishing a blood stained panga. He confirmed he had stabbed Anyango.

The accused hid in a maize plantation where he was found and arrested.

A jerry can of chang’aa and two cups were also found at the scene of the crime.

The panga used by the accused was also presented in court as evidence.