Wednesday 28 November 2012

Eastleigh TOUT in court for PUNCHING PASSENGER…..Sh. 10


Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - A tout based in the Eastleigh route was yesterday arraigned at Makadara law court for assaulting and causing actual bodily harm to a passenger. The tout is alleged to have punched the passenger’s nose after a confrontation over fare.

The court heard that on November 24, Christopher Kariuki 19, announced at the Eastleigh stage in town that the fare to Eastleigh was Sh. 20 after passengers boarded he changed and started charging passengers Sh. 30.

One of the passengers confronted him and the two were involved in a severe exchange of words before Kariuki turned on the passenger punching him on the nose.

The passenger was severely injured and had to be admitted in hospital.

The case was postponed till tomorrow as the P3 form was missing in court; Kariuki is however in police custody until the next hearing tomorrow.

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