DUTCH FRAUD CASE POSTPONED AFTER ELECTIONS

A  fraud case involving a  Dutch National  in a sh 5.4 million worth of flowers, has been postponed with a date set after next years general election.
  
The case began after Elroy Kraneveld was arrested at JKIA  as he was leaving for Netherlands on March 30th this year.

The 41 year old businessman was charged before a Makadara court for falsely pretending he would pay  about  232,720 stems of Rose flowers supplied by a farmer from Kinangop.

Before his arrest the suspect was listed as "wanted" and  Office of Immigration was alerted through a letter from the Criminal Investigations Department.

The letter indicated events of the fraud case alleged to have been committed on diverse dates of March 1st and 31st May of 2011. Kranveld was accused of obtaining the Rose flowers valued at sh 5.4 million.

The court detained his travel documents but he managed to secure a sh 3 million cash bail  to proceed with the case away from remand custody.

Prosecutor Leonard Kurgat brought forward at-least 9 exhibits in the case,where two witness testified by yesterday.
 
Kurgat objected to the defense lawyers application to handle the case after six months. But the lawyer insisted the exhibits in court were new and would require at-least two full days to cross examine in the case.

One of the witnesses produced documents citing a business agreement indicating Kranvelds interests to export the flowers to Holland on behalf of Multi Grow Investments limited.

The court heared that Kranveld began packaging and exporting the flowers from Kenya in October 2010.

The court heared that two of the remaining witnesses will be campaigning for political posts and will be occupied until after next years general elections.

Other documents of email were produced showing detailed communication between the suspect and the company in flower business.

Senior Principal Magsitrate Timothy Okello said the case will be heard on March 18th and 19th of 2013 next year.