Direct of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has earned credits from top Lawyer Nelson Havi after rejecting “the irregular criminal charges proffered against Lady Njeri”, for filming police officers conducting an arrest.
The lawyer who took to his official twitter account said that the DPP has to be given credit whenever he scores high and acts for the greater good of the public and the rule of Law.
“We must give credit to the @ODPP_KE whenever he scores high and acts for the greater good of the public and the rule of law. Thank you for rejecting the irregular criminal charges proffered against Lady Njeri, for filming police officers conducting an arrest,” the lawyer tweeted.
We must give credit to the @ODPP_KE whenever he scores high and acts for the greater good of the public and the rule of law. Thank you for rejecting the irregular criminal charges proffered against Lady Njeri, for filming police officers conducting an arrest.
— Nelson Havi (@NelsonHavi) February 8, 2019
This is after the office of the DPP at Makadara court rejected the charges pressed against her. The prosecution said the woman had not committed any crime.
“We cannot charge anyone just because the police have arrested her filming them do their work, we rejected the file since it is not a crime to take a film in public”, one of the prosecutors said.
Hey traffic officers. This behavior is not permitted in the current world. Try to be civil in some arrests. Pulling and manhandling the lady this way is wrong. Just wrong!!! Force doesn’t show authority. pic.twitter.com/AdpwZ52Qpa
— Robert Alai (@RobertAlai) February 5, 2019
She said police need to have enough evidence to warrant the prosecution of an accused. We don’t want to take cases in court without evidence or the ones the court might reject” she added.
She said that DPP Noordin Haji has called for the file.
Sophia Njeri was arrested and later released on a police cash bail of Sh10,000. She was to appear today at the court for plea taking on charges of obstruction to Justice.