Tricks 'Pata potea' men employed to con passers-by that landed them in court

Pata potea men to spend one month in jail

Two men will have to spend one month in jail or pay Sh1,000 fine each after they were found guilty of gambling on city streets.

The court heard that the men sometimes dropped their cards on the ground in an elaborate plan to rob passers-by who thought they were helping by picking the cards for them.