A court in Mombasa on Thursday set free a man who had been accused of possessing bullets illegally.
Principal Magistrate Charles Ndegwa freed Noor Jan Mohamed on grounds that the prosecutor failed to provide enough evidence that could have been used to charge the suspect.
Justice Ndegwa said that the evidence provided by the witnesses was not enough to be relied on, adding that the prosecution could have called in more witnesses.
“I have carefully analysed evidence adduced. I find that the prosecution has failed to prove charges against the accused person to the required standard. The accused is therefore acquitted for lack of evidence,” he said.
In 2015 January Mohammed was found with a military box full of bullets in his house.
Mohammed told the police that the bullets were in his house but he did not own them. He said that his sister and the sister's husband, who were US military officers, were the owners of the said bullets.
He said that his sister Zahara Pote requested for his help in disposing of the box to the Indian Ocean at Nyali Bridge or in a sewer plant. He said the sister had told him to repaint the box and conceal its military appearance before disposing it.
Mohammed defended himself before the court that he was just but an ordinary Kenyan who could not possess such ammunition.