A Mombasa magistrate, who on Monday, October 3, 2022, offered to buy a suspect three shirts after he made an emotional appeal in court, has fulfilled his promise.
Richard Christopher Odhiambo who appeared before the court in a torn shirt, was handed the shirts by Senior Principal Magistrate Vincent Adet when the matter came up for mention on Wednesday, October 5.
Odhiambo who was unable to utter a word following the surprise, gathered courage after a few seconds of silence and thanked the Kenyan magistrate for the kind gesture.
“I’m unable to speak but all l can say is may God bless you. Thank you. Asante sana,” he said in a shaken voice before staring at other suspects as he fought back tears.
The magistrate however struck out Odhiambo’s application to have his case transferred to Kisumu.
Adet said;
“I hereby dismiss one of your applications to have the matter transferred to Kisumu where you can easily access your family. However, your second request to have clothes which is a basic need has been allowed and l have bought you a few shirts.”
