Malindi court has sentenced a man for eight years after trying to bribe a police officer with Ksh 2000.
The man has been jailed after he tried to secure the release of a drug trafficker.
Joseph Charo Dzombo was found culpable by the Malindi Senior Principal Magistrate Silvia Wewa who ruled that on January 10, 2016, Charo committed the
He is said to have tried to bribe a police constable, Obed Munyao, attached to the Malindi Police Station, who was manning the
The bribe offered was apparently to secure the release of Dennis Odhiambo Sundia who had been arrested for being in possession of 200 rolls of bhang.
The magistrate further said that the accused tried to abuse the trust bestowed upon the police officers by offering a bribe which is against the law.
“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 stipulates that one can be charged amount not exceeding Ksh 1 million or serve years not more than 10 years.