The corridors of justice in Kenya are too dark for innocent men to find their way through law. Fortunately for these latest victims whose light came from a CCTV camera that has helped in nabbing a culprit who belongs to the law enforcers crew.
Henry Baraza was caught on camera pickpocketing a mobile phone from a woman in a famous night club at the wee hours of Sunday in Wote town.
According to the CCTV footage the officer meets the woman at around 3 am at a corridor in the club and is seen pretending to be speaking on the phone while the woman is finding her way outside.
The officer then changes his phone from the right hand to the left. The woman is seeing holding a bottle of alcohol and Baraza grabs the phone from her pocket.
At that moment , the woman struggles with him. Club manager Onesmus Musyoki said the incident attracted commotion when the officer threatened them.
“The officer issued threats and we referred to the CCTV footage which showed how he tried to steal the phone unsuccessfully. The phone was recovered at the scene,” Musyoki said.
The case was reported at Makueni Police Station where the warden was arrested and detained. Makueni District Criminal Investigations Officer (DCIO) , Nehemiah Bitok, said the officer will be arraigned in court on Monday.
Do you think that without the CCTV footage the warden would still have been arrested?