COUPLE ARRESTED OVER SH 72 MILLION BANK HEIST CHARGED.

Police Corporal Simon Gichui Kariuki and APC Caroline Njeri Waithera before Milimani magistrate court Nairobi on Monday September 30,2019./PHOTO BY S.A.N.

BY NT CORRESPONDENT.

A police couple arrested in connection with Sh 72 million G4S Heist at Nairobi west have been charged with robbery with violence.

Police Corporal Simon Gichui Kariuki and APC Caroline Njeri Waithera appeared before Milimani chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against them by the state.

It is alleged that on September 5, 2019 at Nairobi West Shopping Centre in Langata the couple while armed with dangerous weapons namely firearms jointly with others not before court robbed G4S staff Sh 74 million 38 cassettes, 13 purge bins and 13 canvas bags all totalling to Sh 75.9 million and at or immediately before or after the said robbery threatened to use actual violence to the said G4S staff.

The duo also faced a second count of have Malicious damage to property and also conspiracy to commit a felony.

The matter will be mentioned on October 9 for consolidation.

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