'Fake cop' Joshua Waiganjo acquitted of all charges
Joshua Waiganjo,
the man who made headlines 11 years ago for allegedly impersonating senior
police officers, can now breathe a sigh of relief after a Naivasha court
acquitted him of all charges levelled against him on Thursday.
Waiganjo had,
among others, been charged with four counts of impersonating senior police
officers, illegally being in possession of police uniforms, and two charges of
robbery with violence.
Naivasha Chief
Magistrate Nathan Lutta, while issuing the verdict, referenced a 2017 Court of
Appeal ruling that ordered Waiganjo's release.
He added that the court
ruling had acquitted Waiganjo on two counts of robbery with violence after the
complainants failed to testify in court.
Waiganjo was
however sentenced to five years in jail for impersonating a police officer, one
year for dressing in police uniform, and six months each for three charges of
being in possession of government stores.
He however
appealed his sentencing at the Naivasha High Court, which ordered a retrial,
before moving to the Appellate court in 2017 which dismissed the case entirely
on grounds that it lacked legal basis.
“The court is
bound by the doctrine of Stare Decisis and the accused is hereby
released,” Magistrate Lutta ruled.
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