A Malindi court has issued summons to Malindi Directorate of criminal investigations( DCI) boss to shed more light on the whereabouts of money that had been deposited with the detectives in an assault case.
Malindi principal magistrate James Ong’ondo issued the summons to the DCI boss, Stephen Ambani to inform the court on the whereabouts of the missing kshs 40,000 that had been deposited with police following the release of two suspects namely, Ann Kinanu alongside Emilio Fioravanti to facilitate their release on police cash bail.
The two had through their layer, John Magiya raised concerns with the magistrate on the missing money since it was never handed over to them following their plea taking three weeks ago.
According to the suspects the money had been deposited in October 10 last year however they were never issued with a receipt indicating acknowledgment of the money.
“Upon enquiring on why we cannot be issued with receipts,we were informed that it was during a public holiday and the police receipts were not available since the custodian who is the officer commanding station (OCS) was away,”they informed the court
They stated that they were threatened of being thrown into police cells ,if they enquired on receipts for the money they had paid for their release.
“We were informed that if we would not pay the money without receipts we would be thrown into police cells considering that it was on a holiday and we feared for our lives and parted with the money with no receipts,”said Kinanu
The matter will be mentioned on July 8, 2024 for further directions.
Written By: Peter maseke.