Mombasa,KENYA:A man was on Thursday charged before a Mombasa court for allegedly attempting to defraud an engineer off his piece of land.
The said land is 4.1 acres and is located at Shelly beach area of Likoni.
The land belonging to Engineer Eprahim Mwangi Maina has a value of sh 30 million.
The court was told that on diverse dates between 21st March 2016 and 13 December 2016, within the Republic of Kenya, Simon Kakunju Mwangi with another person not before the court jointly conspired to defraud Mr Maina ‘s land .
He pleaded not guilty before Mombasa chief magistrate Julius Nang’ea.
Simon through his lawyer requested the court to grant him bail as he claimed to be suffering from cancer and he was going through chemotherapy treatment.
The court released him with a bond of a half million with alternative or a cash bail of Sh. 100,000
The case is set to be heard on 18th June.