A security guard was on Wednesday, December 21 sentenced to six years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to escorting thieves to break into his workstation.
Fredrick Barasa Wabwoba was charged with five counts four of which were on breaking into a building and one count of neglecting to prevent the commission of a felony.
According to the charge sheet, Wabwoba being a security guard employed by Group Work Security Limited was assigned to guard London Beauty Centre located along Taveta road in Nairobi.
However, he failed to prevent it from being broken into on December 4, 2022.
The accused together with others, not before the court broke into Cristec Mobile Services and Supplies, I-happy computers Limited, Christendom Enterprises and Creations by Mokeira shop Nairobi branch.
They went away with two mobile phones (a Samsung tablet and a Neon Ray), a laptop and laptop accessories and fabrics all worth Sh610,600.
In his mitigation, the accused told the court that thieves overpowered him as he could not defeat them because they were three against one.
He also told the court that the thieves promised to give him his share of Sh300,000 if he allowed them into the building, and due to his life pressure and his salary, he agreed to escort them to different stalls in his workstation.
“I earn a salary of Sh7000 which does not even solve half of my problems, the money that was being given to me would have been a big help to me as I have kids who are in school and I take full responsibility of my family,” he said in court.
From the police report, the accused together with others were captured by the CCTV cameras after another guard who was on the daytime shift reported the matter to his bosses.
The accused disappeared and switched off his phone but later was spotted by one of the security managers in town and he alerted members of the public.
The accused was beaten but later rescued by officers from the Central police station.
Chief magistrate Wendy Micheni sentenced Wabwoba to ten years imprisonment on the first count and one-year imprisonment on each of the other counts.
