Reprieve for Linturi in Sh530m forgery case
Mithika Linturi on Tuesday won a reprieve after the High Court barred the police from arresting and charging him over claims that he forged signatures to secure a Sh530 million bank loan.
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Mithika Linturi on Tuesday won a reprieve after the High Court barred the police from arresting and charging him over claims that he forged signatures to secure a Sh530 million bank loan.
Reprieve for Linturi in forgery case Wednesday May 12 2021 By SAM KIPLAGAT Summary Justice Weldon Korir issued the order after Mr Linturi complained that the arrest and prosecution was meant to intimidate and coerce him to abandon his known stand on various political issues. At the centre of the commercial and forgery dispute is Atticon Limited, a firm that Mr Linturi fully owned before ceding 50 percent shares to Baron Estates Ltd, which is associated with the estranged wife. The High Court Tuesday stopped the planned arrest and charging of Meru Senator Mithika Linturi over claims that he fo...
Linturi fails to stop his arrest in Sh530 million forgery claim Tuesday March 16 2021 By SAM KIPLAGAT Summary Justice Weldon Korir declined to offer the Meru senator an anticipatory bail and instead offered to hear from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the police ahead of court action. Mr Linturi and Emily Nkirote Buantai went to court seeking protection saying there are plans to arrest them yet the matter is being handled through civil cases pending before various courts. The High Court has declined to stop the arrest of Meru Senator Mithika Linturi over claims that he used forg...
Mithika Linturi faces arrest over Sh530m bank forgery claim Monday March 08 2021 By SAM KIPLAGAT Summary Marianne Kitany, the estranged wife of Meru Senator, has accused Mr Linturi of forging signatures to secure the multimillion-shilling loan from Family Bank. Linturi says he was alerted of his planned arrest by one of his staff after some documents were dropped at his office, among them a draft charge sheet containing 38 counts. At the centre of the commercial and forgery dispute is Atticon Limited, a firm that Mr Linturi fully owned before ceding 50 percent shares to Baron Estates Ltd, whi...