A man charged with sh 2.3M gold and Diamond fraud has been detained pending the trial.
This is after the director of public prosecution applied to court to have bond and bail issued in favour of a businessman of Asian origin cancelled, and he be remanded in prison pending trial.
Trial magistrate Susan shitubi was told by the prosecution that the accused Viral Jitedra Amritlal Pattni escaped the jurisdiction of the court after he was charged the offence of defrauding a woman ksh 2.3 million.
The court was told that the accused upon taking plea he failed to appear in court for trial, and subsequently, the warrant of arrest was issued, and it has taken 7 months to have him arrested.
The prosecution further submitted that the medical report that the accused has purported to produce have been verified to be fake they not from Kenyatta National Hospital.
The accused is charged to have defrauded Shaitsa khamisa Abdul Latif by claiming he was in a position to supply her with diamond from Tanzania.
The accused is said to have committed the offence between 17th and 23rd February at Parklands subcounty.
The court will endeavour to deliver its ruling on 22nd August 2024 as to whether bail and bond will be cancelled.
Magistrate Shitubi said she will not grant bail at this stage.
She added the matter will be mentioned tomorrow when the prosecutor is in court..
The accused was ordered to be remanded at the industrial area prison
