BY NT CORRESPONDENT .
A Nairobi court has deferred charging a Nakuru lawyer accused of forging a court order.
Lawyer Dennis Kamau Kariuki appeared before Milimani Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo covering himself in a hood.
The lawyer failed to plead to the charge after his lawyers claimed he has suffered from a mental challenge and needs to needs a psychiatric check-up.
His lawyers requested two weeks to have Kamau be taken to Chiromo for a psychiatric assessment to confirm whether he was fit to face the charges.
They said that Kariuki has been undergoing depression following the demise of his mother a month ago.
The defence team urged the court to consider the application for deferment of plea taking to two weeks since his mental capacity to face charges is in question.
The prosecution opposed the application adding that no document adduced before the court in support the claims.
However, the magistrate allowed the application to defer plea to September 26.
The court also dismissed an application seeking proceedings to be in camera.
In his ruling the magistrate ruled that no compelling reasons given before the court to grant such an orders.
