Shem Karani Karimi, Halford Munene Murakaru, his brother Charles Mwangi Murakaru and Julius Ndung'u Wainaina at the Thika magistrate's court on December 14, 2017. [Photo: nation.co.ke]Three of the four suspects charged with stealing over Sh50 million from KCB Thika branch now face additional charges.The charges are those of handling and being in possession of the suspected stolen property.Halford Munene Murakaru and his brother Charles Mwangi Murakaru were Thursday accused of having in their possession 200 national identity cards, 200 Orange sim cards, 1,239 MTN sim cards and five Cyprus Telecommunication Authority cards (CYTA). They were further accused of being in possession of seven central processing units, all suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained, on November 25, 2017, at Joyland Estate in Juja township, according to the Nation. Shem Karini Kirimi was accused of being in possession of three national identity cards, numbers 34752368, 27433800 and 27412204, all suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained, on the first day of December 2017 at Peloma Building in Mtwapa township.They all denied the fresh charges before Chief Magistrate Teresa Murigi and are out Sh4 million bond with two sureties of a similar amount each.The two brothers, Munene and Mwangi, had earlier been charged alongside the third suspect, Julius Ndung’u Wainaina, with two counts of breaking into the bank, stealing and handling stolen property that included Sh52,650,000.The money was in form of 95 Australian dollars, 185 Euros, 1,630 Great Britain pounds, 271 thousand Tanzanian shillings, 947 thousand Ugandan shillings, 5,781 US dollars, 40 South African Rand and five Canadian dollars all belonging of KCB Thika branch.Later, the police arrested the fourth suspect, Karimi, 26, in Mtwapa and charged him with similar charges. 

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