Intoxicated women appear in court on drunk, disorderly charges
Two women who appeared in court drunk to face
charges of drunkenness and disorderly behaviour have been sentenced to jail for
14 days with the option of a Ksh.500 ($4.93).
Appearing before Principal Magistrate Samuel
Mutai, the two women – Faith Muthoni and Purity Muthoni – pleaded not guilty to
the offence, reports Citizen Kenya.
The pair were arrested for drunkenness and
disorderly behaviour on Tuesday. The court heard that on May 29, 2018, at
around 10pm in Embu township, Kenya, the Muthoni sisters were found staggering
and shouting abusive words at other members of the public due to their state of
intoxication.
Faith and Purity told the court that, on the night
of their arrest, they had attended a party close to their home and had too much
to drink before deciding to walk home.
It was during this walk, they said, that they were
arrested by Police on patrol.
Upon inquiry on why they appeared in court drunk,
the two accused persons told the magistrate that the alcohol they had consumed
as at the time of their arrest was still in their systems.
Investigations, however, later revealed that
the two had been consuming alcohol stored at the court cells as exhibit while
awaiting for the mentioning of their case.
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