Man sentenced to three years imprisonment for stealing clothes worth 29,000

Makueni Wednesday June 14, 2023

KNA By Tabitha Mwangi / Faith Mwende

Man sentenced to three years imprisonment for stealing clothes worth Ksh 29,000.

A 33-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment by a Makueni court for breaking into a boutique and stealing clothes worth Ksh 29,535.

Appearing before Chief Magistrate Peter Gesora, the court found Mutunga Kilonzi guilty of stealing from Mercy Munee’s shop in Mukuyuni town in Kaiti contrary to section 306(b) of the penal code.

Kilonzi committed the offence on March 27 this year at around 0300hrs where he broke into the shop and carried assorted men and women clothes valued at Sh29,535.

He was later arrested on the same day and taken to Mukuyuni police station.

He has 14 days to appeal.

Courtesy ; K. N. A