This archive report was first published on 3 July 2020.
On June 25, a brazen robbery took place in Kilimani, Nairobi, leaving a pedestrian shaken. The incident was caught on CCTV, and the suspects, Humprey Minyatta, Jahan Timothy Mzami, and Ibhrahim Hussein, have since been arrested and charged with robbery with violence.
According to the charges, the trio robbed Paul Sewe Omanyi of his computers, phones, and their accessories, valued at Sh396,733. The stolen items included a Macbook, an iPhone, a magic keyboard, mouse, eyeglasses, and their accessories, among other items.
The footage shows the suspects confronting Omanyi, armed with a pistol and a knife, and grabbing a bag containing the stolen items. The incident went viral on social media, with demands to arrest the muggers. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations pursued and arrested the suspects four days later.
One of the suspects, Ibhrahim Hussein, is facing an additional charge of handling stolen goods after he was found with most of the items at his house in Kawangware on June 30. He is accused of dishonestly detaining the MacBook and three mobile phones stolen from Omanyi, valued at Sh301,677.
The suspects denied the charges before senior resident magistrate Zainab Abdul of Milimani law courts. The magistrate will rule on their bail application on Wednesday.
