Suspects linked to bank robberies charged

Willis Oketch 27th Jun 2019 15:06:30 GMT +0300

***Hassan Kombo Ngala and Said*** ***Sharrif*** ***Ahmed before Mombasa Court (PHOTO: KARANI)***

MOMBASA, KENYA: Two suspects believed to have been waylaying people after withdrawing money from banks in Mombasa have been charged in court with violent robbery.

Hassan Kombo Ngala and Said Shariff Ahmed suspected to have robbed a businessman of Sh 1.9 million welding were charged before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Martin Rabera.

The suspects who were represented by lawyer Adama Hamza however denied the charges that on June 25 this year at Barclays Bank in Mombasa along Nkrumah Road armed with AK 47 rifle violently robbed Abdulrashed Ali Hussein of Sh 1,950,000.

The suspects are said to have been spotted this week on Monday by police on patrol.

Court released them on bond of Sh 500,000 with a similar surety after the prosecution failed to oppose the bond.

“The suspects can be released on a bond of Sh 500,000 with a similar surety,” said the magistrate.

Hamza told the court that his clients had right to be released on bond and pleaded with the magistrate to give them a reasonable bail as they will attend the trial.

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The magistrate ordered the prosecution to supply the defence with witness statements and come for pre-trial on July 10 this year.

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