A 50-year-old man was arraigned at Kibera Law Courts to face charges of threatening a church official for turning down his overtures after giving her money.
The court was told that Joel Mecha threatened to kill Bessy Gacheri after giving her ksh10,000 for rent and an additional ksh1000 for herself.
“ On August 3, 2021, at an unknown place within the republic of Kenya you uttered the words 'nitakutoa kichwa au mototo wako apotee' to the complainant, words that have been interpreted as death threats," the charge sheet in our possession read in parts.
According to police report tabled in court, the conflict between the two started early last month when Mecha reportedly called the woman who works as a cashier at the church to town and gave her a ksh10,000 cheque but the next day he is alleged to have sent her an additional ksh1000 and told her it was for accepting the cheque.
After sending the money, the accused is alleged to have started making endless calls to the complainant at night which she was not comfortable with and she told him off.
This forced the complainant to block him but he never gave up. He resorted to using different numbers to call her.
The two later met at the complainant’s house after Mecha allegedly sent a churchmate to the complainant and upon the meeting, he declared that he was interested in her as a lover.
But the woman rejected his advances and told him she could not get in a relationship with him owing to his age.
It is alleged that Mecha left disappointed before he later made the alleged threats.
He denied the charges at the Kibera law courts and in his defence claimed that the matter arises from a debt the woman owes him.
Senior Resident Magistrate Charles Mwaniki released him on a cash bail of ksh15,000.
The case will be mentioned on September 6.
