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Thursday 1 November 2012

EGYPTIAN COUPLE ON SH 8 MILLION FRAUD CHARGE

A case which has accused an Egyptian couple of defrauding over sh 8,000,000 million  worth of medicines awaits for one more witness before the court can make its judgement.

Atleast two of three listed  witnesses testified against the couple by yesterday.

Mohammed Mahmoud and his wife Amira haroon were accused of obtaining on credit various assorted pharmaceutical supplies worth sh 8,233,355.75 from Saicare Enterprises Alpha centre along mombasa road.

The first witness who is also the business owner, confirmed to the court with bank statements that they were sent over sh 3.8 million bounced cheques.

Between 2nd April and 9th July this year the couple obtained medicines in the pretence they would pay, contrary to section 316 (a) of the penal code.

The second witness declared that the couple were active and frequent medicine buyers for the past four years.

The court heared that Saicare Enterprises allow goods on credit but on short agreements of either 30, 60 and 90 days but the couple failed to fulfil their part.

Instead the the couple returned over 397,500 medicines to Saicare Enterprises without a guarentee of its quality.

Before the court could proceed Senior Principal Magistrate Timothy Okello received the suspects travel documents as a guarentee of  their court attendance since each was out on a sh 250 cash bail.

According to a credible source the husband isaid to be a doctor and currently connected to the Kenya Medical practitioners board.

Inaddition they are facing other allegations of such offences before the Makdara court.

The final witness in the case will be heared  next week on November 8 .

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