Man fined Sh5000 for insulting mother

Murang’a, Friday, June 30, 2023

KNA by Diana Ndirangu

A middle aged man was fined Sh.5000 by the Kenol law courts Thursday for disorderly conduct namely causing commotion, disturbances and insulting his mother.

Martin Ngugi, the court heard, destroyed the claimants' cow shed and used that wood as firewood to cook food at Murang’a South Sub County on June 26.

The claimant, Pauline Njoki Ngugi who is the mother to the accused saw that the cow shed had some missing pieces of wood and asked the son Ngugi who instead started insulting her and even threatened to beat her.

Njoki reported to the authorities who apprehended the accused and booked him at the Kenol police station.

The disturbance was also witnessed by the claimant’s grandson.

The accused pleaded guilty to the charges upon which the Senior Resident Magistrate Sheila M Nyaga ordered him to pay a fine of Sh.5, 000 or in default serve a 3-month jail sentence.

Courtesy ; K. N. A