Exposed: Threats over Sh384,000 salary delay lands man 3-year jail term
Threats over Sh384,000 salary delay lands man 3-year jail term
A man who threatened to kill his employer for allegedly delaying to pay him his Sh384,000 salary has been sentenced to three years in jail.
Milimani chief magistrate Susan Shitubi jailed Zephaniah Kipkirui Cheruiyot after he pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Margaret Koech, his employer, on September 21.
The prosecution told the court that on September 21, 2023, Zephaniah caused his employer Magret Koech receive a threatening message.
"What is remaining is to inform the police that I chop your head unless you pay me my money Sh384,000, no less no more. I Zephaniah Kipkirui Cheruiyot so help me God," reads the text send to Koech.
The accused claimed that his employer had delayed his salary for years and alt...