Man jailed for eight years for bribing cop with Sh2,000A Malindi Court has jailed a man for eight years for bribing a police officer with Sh2,000 to secure the release of a drug trafficker.Malindi Senior Principal Magistrate Silvia Wewa found Joseph Charo Dzombo (pictured) guilty of the offence, a crime he committed on January 10, 2016, at Matsangoni roadblock along the Mombasa- Malindi highway, Kilifi County. “We find that the accused was trying to abuse the trust bestowed by the people on the public officers who were on duty, the accused person was abusing that trust that the other members of the public have bestowed on them,” she said. The court heard that Dzombo tried to bribe Police Constable Obed Munyao to secure the release of Dennis Odhiambo Sundia who had been arrested for being in possession of 200 rolls of bhang. 3 of 2003 which he denied on January 15, 2016. In mitigation, Dzombo said that he did not know that Odhiambo had been arrested with rolls of bhang and appealed for leniency.

Source: Standard Digital March 29, 2019 11:39 UTC