Pakistan national sentenced to seven years imprisonment

Mohamed Adeel Qazi at a Nakuru law court on April 24, 2018. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

A Nakuru court yesterday jailed a Pakistan national, Mohamed Adeel Qazi, for seven years for burglary and being in Kenya illegally.

Mr Qazi, who also faced charges of being in possession of four passports, was also fined Sh800,000.

The court heard that in Kabachia estate in Nakuru on December 28, 2016, Qazi broke into a house belonging to Jefter Gisembe and stole goods worth Sh800,000.

Some of the items stolen included an HP laptop, six Samsung phones, 15 assorted keys, four passports with different Chinese identities, Sh157,950 cash and an i-Pad.

The court also heard that the suspect has been in Kenya since 2007 without proper documents showing how he entered the country.

The court ordered Qazi to be deported to Pakistan upon serving his sentence.