The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has been sentenced to four months in jail at Kamiti Maximum Prison for Contempt of court.
This is after the DCI boss ignored a court order requiring him to return guns he confiscated from businessman and presidential hopeful Jimmi Wanjigi on October 16, 2017.
The order was issued by Judge Chacha Mwita on June 21, 2019. Judge Mwita asked Kinoti to return 7 firearms that had been taken from Wanjigi’s home in Muthaiga.
“The plaintiff’s rights were violated by the respondents. The actions of the respondents were unlawful and actuated by malice. The court grants orders that all firearms be returned to the plaintiff,” Justice Mwita ruled.
The businessman told the court that the police searched his house without a warrant. He argued that there was no proof that he had misused his guns and that he had not been charged in any court for crime.
In September this year Kinoti skipped a court hearing for sentencing after he was declared guilty for Contempt of court following a lawsuit that was filed by Wanjigi.
Judge Anthony Mrima sentenced Kinoti to jail without an option of fine and asked him to surrender himself at Kamiti within a period of 7 days as from Thursday November 18, 2021.
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