A judiciary auctioneer was on Tuesday charged in a Kwale Court with defrauding a legal practitioner.
Joel Titus Muasya was charged for defrauding Mr Goerge Mungai, a former State Prosecutor of a sum of Ksh500,000 on February 15, 2017 at Umbi Plaza in Kwale.
Appearing before Kwale Resident Magistrate Betty Koech, Mr Muasya, through his lawyer Jack Matheka, pleaded not guilty to the charges laid against him after an argument between him and State Prosecutor Timothy Musyoki.
Matheka had argued that Mr Muasya being a court officer and licensed auctioneer, he is not supposed to take plea.
“I oppose the suspect taking a plea for the reasons that he is a court officer, being a licensed auctioneer. He was to get Ksh1.484, 944 for the debtor. There is a warrant of attachment that is still valid up to April 6, 2017. The court should determine whether there is action against the accused,” argued Matheka.
On his part, the state prosecutor said that the court was acting in accordance with the law to prosecute any suspect and asked the court to proceed with the plea.