Lawyer Cliff Ombeta refused to represent quack doctor Mugo wa Wairimu. Cliff Ombeta who spoke to Pulselive.co.ke stated that he was afraid of getting backlash from women hence his decision to turn down the case.
“I got him off the hook the first time but this time I will not be representing him,” the top-notch lawyer stated.
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“I fear the backlash from women and I also have a 17-year-old daughter, this is not a case I will be touching,” he further added.
City lawyer Cliff Ombeta has dropped Mugo wa Wairimu over fears that he is attracting a lot of negative energy, especially from women.
Lawyer Cliff Ombeta dumps Mugo Wa Wairimu, cites backlash from women – Nairobi News https://t.co/m2A1sARUMI
— Matthew Ikwap (@IkwapMatthew) November 15, 2018
Ombeta clarified that he has a daughter aged 17 years and that there is a huge outcry over the way he has allegedly been treating women.
cliff ombeta refused to represent Mugo wa Wairimu because he has a 17 year old daughter, today he is in Kibera defending Obado who has been accused of killing Sharon, if Cliff Ombeta is your lawyer, you're guilty
— Charles Chepsikor, manager of my life (@CChepsikor) November 15, 2018
He further divulged that Mugo had already offered him Ksh1 million for legal services but he asked him to “look for someone else”.
“Being a man also with a daughter, I can say that I do not want to continue with the matter any more,” he stated.
The celebrated lawyer further divulged that he knew the whereabouts of Mugo wa Wairimuwhen detectives were searching for him, but could not hand the information over to the police because it was not his responsibility.
He also defended his decision to represent him earlier stating that Mugo could not be termed as a repeat offender because he had not yet been convicted before.
Lawyer Cliff Ombeta has refused to hold brief for suspected quack doctor James Mugo Ndicho aka Mugo Wa Wairimu in court, suggesting it would be a ‘curse’. https://t.co/SNOcPzyg7D
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“I managed to get him out on bond, I managed to get him out on previous matters but I now I have decided that this matter is a little murky,” he explained.
He, however, acknowledged that the charges were still increasing and so it meant that he was committing the crimes regularly.
Wairimu was on Tuesday, November 13, arrested by the Flying Squad after a week of searching.
The officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations claimed that he kept shifting from estate to estate in Nairobi and Kiambu hence the delay.
