A forgery case involving Kapkures ward MCA Paul Kimtai Lang'at together with his close aide Richard Lang'at was on Thursday adjourned to May 2 2018.
This is after the defense side applied for an adjournment saying they are not ready.
Chief Magistrate Josephat Kalo directed that the matter be moved to May 2 .
The accused's lawyer Gordon Ogolla said he was unable to prepare for the case since he was away on official duties at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
"I want to seek for an adjournment in the matter, I am not ready to proceed with the matter since I was away on official duties," said Ogolla.
The duo were charged that on diverse dates between the month of October 2010 and April 2012 at an unknown place with intent to defraud Josiah Njoroge without lawful authority made a title deed of a land situated at Mbaruk area in Nakuru.
They purported to be a genuine document issued by the land's registry.
They faced other charges of giving false information to police about the said land which led to the wrongful arrest of a lands advocate in Nakuru.
Particulars of the charge sheet were that on April 14, 2014 at the CID offices in Nakuru County willingly gave false information to a police officer who was investigating the said forgery of the documents which led to the arrest and subsequent charge of an advocate wrongfully.
The two pleaded not guilty and are out on a Sh200,000 bond with a surety of the same amount.
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