A night out to party with friends and possibly make new ones turned out to be costly and possibly life-threatening to a Nairobi businessman after he was drugged by a woman he met while at a nightclub.
The accused, 30-year-old Virginia Wangui Thiga was arraigned at the Mililani Law Courts and accused of administering a stupefying drug to the businessman’s food.
The incident is said to have occurred on May, 29, 2021 at Rystas Guest House in Umoja Estate, Nairobi county.
She was said to have committed the felony alongside another person not arraigned.
She was charged with intent to commit a felony namely stealing by administering Salicytes, a stupefying drug to Bernard Cheruiyot Chirchir.
Wangui is also said to have on diverse dates between May 29 2021 to May 31 2021 at Rystas Guest House in Umoja estate stolen a Huawei Y9 mobile phone valued at Sh30,000, one equity Bank ATM card, National ID card and cash valued at Sh1 million from the victim.
A court report seen by NaiHaps revealed that on May 28, 2021 at around 10pm while at Avery lounge in Embakasi area the victim and his friend met the accused alongside her female friend. They again met the following day and proceeded to Rystas guest house in Umoja estate.
At one point it is alleged that the victim’s friend later entered the room where he was having drinks with the two women and asked his friend, Chirchir to leave for home. The victim then asked his friend to wait for a while, while they enjoyed the night away.
“While at the room with the two ladies the complainant was at a point woken up by the two ladies and asked him to have a bite of some chicken and chips which they bought before booking the room and a few minutes later the complainant felt dizzy and went into a deep sleep” read the report in part.
Later that day at around 6pm the Hotel’s security guard found the victim asleep and alone. After he regained consciousness, he complained of a severe headache and raised an alarm that Sh200,00 cash, his mobile phone, identity card and ATM were missing.
Attempts to block his ATM card the next day at the bank proved futile as the accused had already conducted several transactions using his details including transferring Sh869,800 through Bank transfer and Sh 304,000 through M-Pesa transactions.
The prosecution sought to have the accused detained for a further three days.
The accused pleaded not guilty and will now remain in custody until Friday, 12, November 2021.
