More charges for man in fake magistrate case

Victor Kiprono Ng'eno before Kericho Senior Magistrate Elvis Makori on Monday. He is accused of defrauding litigants and job seekers. [Nikko Tanui, Standard]

A man impersonated a judicial officer and received Sh181,000, a court in Kericho heard.

The prosecution claims that between December last year and April 16 this year, Victor Kiprono Ng’eno presented himself to Emmy Jelang’at Kiprotich as Bernard Rugut, a magistrate at the Kericho Law Courts.