A man was robbed off his mobile phone and cash by his girlfriend at Kanyon slum estate in an illicit brew drinking den. The Saturday afternoon spectacle left the middle aged man attacked and assaulted by his girlfriend, who had been accompanied by her brother. An eye witness, Jacinta Njeri, who was among revellers at the joint, told this writer that trouble started a few moments after the man who had been helping himself on traditional brews, tried to escape from the joint when he noticed the presence of his girlfriend. The eye witness said that the assailants, who are known for their chronic drinking habits, had however caught up with the man, a local metal workshop worker, and engaged him physically while the woman claimed he had abandoned her. “The man seemed to be in a hurry to leave the joint after his girlfriend and brother arrived but they quickly accosted him and started handling him roughly claiming that he had abandoned the woman after earning salary,” the eye witness said. They beat him up as he struggled to free himself but they took away his phone and some money he had in the pockets. The area Chief Charles Karanja while confirming the incident said the artisan had separated from the woman whom they had cohabited with for the last one year. According to Karanja, the artisan had moved to another residential joint secretly to evade the woman whom he accuses to be a habitual drunk and a nuisance who engages in prostitution and crime. “He reported the matter to my office after the incident and I advised him to also record a statement with police. I have summoned the woman and her brother but police will also carry out their own separate investigations,’’ said Karanja.

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