Man sent to jail for two-and-a-half years after stealing earphones, toothbrush and two biro pens

A man in Kisumu has been sentence to two-and-a-half years in jail after he pleaded guilty to stealing household items including toothbrush and biro pens.

According to the Standard, Kisumu Principal Magistrate Christopher Yalwala handed a two and a half year sentence to Felix Ouma after he pleaded guilty to breaking into Gervin Owino’s house in Obunga Estate.

Principal Magistrate Christopher Yalwala found Ouma guilty of breaking into the complainant’s house and making away with four speakers, a mobile phone, a gas cylinder, TV, a fan and curtains all worth KSh 35,750.

“The complainant who had left his house at 7 pm to buy some items from a shopping centre came back and found his house door broken and some household items missing,” the court was told. 

Second time.

The man later broke in the house again on the August 23 and made away with a toothbrush, a handkerchief, two biro pens, one earphone, a phone charger, two bags, and three sufurias all valued at Sh4, 335.

Ouma was sentenced to two years and six months each for the first and second account with the sentence running con-currently. A friend he was with who is also believed to have participated in the crime, was released on KSh 50,000 bond.