A court acquitted a lady charged for jokingly stating that she possesed explosive devices at JKIA airport last year.
The lady in her 30's was arrested minutes after using threatening statements that, she was going to put a bomb outside the building on her luggage.
Yesterday, Maureen Wambui was released under section 215 of the CPC Act before a Makadara court.
She was charged with offensive conduct last year July and plead not guilty but released on cash bail.
She was accused of using threatening statements before officers at check point unit 3 of JKIA, contrary to section 94 of the penal code.
The scanner checked her luggage and clarified there was no explosive device and let her pass but later stated her statements to the officers on check.
Magistrate D.M Ngumi stated that the case was lavish and a waste of time to the court. She said the prosecuting officer confessed that he knew she was sarcastically joking but charged her with the offense inorder for her not to repeat such conduct in the future.In addition she She said the intention was for a message to be stated at the expense of the court.
The magistrate said prosecution evidence produced was not present before court and could therefore not justify the case against the accused as it was a "hear say case".
D.M Ngumi ordered for Wambui to be refunded her cash bail and released her from the case.
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