Utawala woman who drugged, stole cop's pistol jailed for seven yearsdrunkennessA City woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison without an option of a fine after being found guilty for drugging and robbing a police officer of a pistol and two smartphones.Makadara chief magistrate Heston Nyaga sentenced Utawala woman Lydia Njeri after she admitted to stealing a pistol and two mobile phones from a National Intelligence Service officer. The court heard that Njeri feignedand requested Kilemi to drop her to a nearby stage to get a motorbike home before committing the offence. Njeri confessed in court that she didn’t know what she was stealing from the police officer. Njeri was handed five years for being in possession of a firearm without a certificate and another two years for stealing the pistol and the smartphones. “When I realised that I had stolen a gun, I threw it in a pit latrine,” she told court.

Source: Standard Digital May 25, 2019 08:59 UTC