Court denies bond to a suspected gang-leader of a motorcycle stealing group

A Chuka court yesterday declined to grant bond to a man accused of leading a syndicate stealing motorcycles in Embu, Tharaka Nithi, Meru and Isiolo counties.

Jimawin Kinyua, who was said to have been hiding for the last one-and-a-half years, was arrested in Isiolo on October 4 and charged with robbery with violence and handling stolen goods.

Kinyua denied the charge before Senior Resident Magistrate Mwanamkuu Sudi.

The 31-year-old and three other remandees were alleged to have escaped from the custody of Chogoria police on November 5, 2016.

The court remanded him until January 30, 2019, when the case will be heard.