BY SAM ALFAN.
A businessman has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly killing one Dennis Mnambo Afande on the night of April 8, 2017.
Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi released him on a cash bail of sh 300,000 or a cash bail of 500,000 after he denied the charges.
The court heard that Linus Mutwiri Njagi killed the said man at Pardiso Maseno club along Jogoo road in Nairobi.
According to the police covering report, the accused person stabbed the deceased with a knife whereby he succumbed to the injuries on the way to Kenyatta Hospital.
It is alleged that the reason why accused stabbed the deceased was that the deceased had seduced his wife.
The police state that Njagi who is also businessman dealing with the sale of tents at Makongeni along Jogoo road went to Paradiso Maseno club for refreshments .His wife joined him later accompanied by another lady and they continued taking drinks together.
Later on five people entered the said bar, the deceased being among them and sat at a table near where the accused and his wife were seated.
The accused and the five persons started to exchange words after they started seducing Faith Kawira Ndeke who is a wife to the accused. At around 11 pm, the accused and the deceased had physical confrontation and he stabbed the deceased severally.
“The suspect had a knife which he insists that he always walk with at night due to the rampant insecurity at Makongeni area. This is seen as thin and slim grounds of possessing a knife mostly at oscial places,” claimed the police report.
According to the police report, even if he was angered by the actions of the deceased and his friends that simple provocation was too naïve to warrant him to commit such grievous crime.
Proceedings to resume on May 29.
