Senior Assistant Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alloys Kemo has told this to The Standard following Justice Njoki Mwangi's judgment of March 30, in which she dismissed an appeal by Ahmed Said Bakari. Bakari and Clement Serge Bristol were found guilty of trafficking in heroin worth Sh29 million by Mombasa Chief Magistrate Julius Nang’ea on October 31, 2018. This after police said 2.028kg of heroin were found in a car while 7.6kg were hidden in the water tank of a yacht named Baby Iris. Photographs of the search and a search certificate were produced in court as evidence. "This court has no powers to enhance the sentences that were imposed by the trial court without being moved by the Director of Public Prosecutions to do so.

Source: Standard Digital September 19, 2020 21:56 UTC