A middle-aged man has been charged with stealing Ksh991, 442 from a bank account of a deceased person.
Charles Githara Kimani was charged with conspiring with others at large to steal the money from Elizabeth Njahira Waiganjo's account domiciled at Co-operative Bank Stima Plaza Branch on diverse dates between May 24, 2019, and September 27, 2022.
Further, Kimani was charged with stealing documents in a succession case at a city law firm with respect to the estate of the late Elizabeth Waiganjo.
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The charge sheet states that; "On November 9, 2021, at P. Muhoro Kimani and Advocates, Museum Hill centre in Nairobi county, jointly with others not before the court, Kimani stole succession documents in respect to succession cause number 1890 of 2016 in the estate of Elizabeth Njahira Waiganjo( the property of Kenneth Waiganjo."
Kimani was arrested at the bank's premises after attempting to withdraw another amount from the deceased's account which had been flagged.
The suspect denied the charges when he appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki of Milimani Law Courts on Monday, October 10, 2022, and was freed on a Ksh600,000 bond and an alternative cash bail of Ksh400,000.
