A 26-year-old woman was on Tuesday arraigned before a Kiambu Court to answer to charges of stealing more than Sh11.5 million from her 92-year-old grandmother.
Aisha Wanjiru Njeri was also charged with stealing shares worth over Sh20 million from her grandmother, Grace Wanjiru Mungai.
The accused person was facing nine counts of illegally withdrawing money from Ms Mungai’s bank account and faking share transfer documents.
The court heard that the accused was living with her granny and she was taking care of her due to her old age.
The accused person was being accused of committing the offence on diverse dates between February 1, 2015 and February 15, 2018 within Kiambu and Nairobi counties.
The court heard that Ms Njeri on diverse dates at Equity Bank, Kimathi branch, Nairobi, she illegally withdrew Sh6, 657, 320 from Ms Mungai’s account and she also stole Sh2,424,945 from the same bank account at Kikuyu Equity branch and withdrawing another Sh1,967,499 at Wangige Equity branch.
The accused person was further charged with forgery that on October 14, 2016, she made a transfer letter purporting it to be a share transfer letter issued by her grandmother.
The accused person however denied all the charges before the court and filed an application to be released on bail.
Kikuyu Principal Magistrate Daniel Musyoka granted the application and ordered that the accused be released on a Sh3 million bond or a cash bail of the same amount.
The case will be mentioned on March 12 when a hearing date will be set.
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