Joyce Wairimu, a 62-Year-Old Former Convict Handed 35-Year Prison Term for Robbery with Violence

Joyce Wairimu, a 62-Year-Old Former Convict Handed 35-Year Prison Term for Robbery with Violence

A 62-year-old Kenyan woman was on Tuesday handed a 35-year prison sentence after she was convicted of robbery with violence.

Joyce Wairimu Kariuki, a former convict, was accused of involvement in multiple car thefts in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Nakuru between 2018 and 2019. She was arrested and charged at Loitoktok Law Courts in April 2019.

Records show Ms. Wairimu previously served a 15-year prison term at Shimo La Tewa Prison but did not change her ways after her release.

She had been found guilty of various offenses, including theft, forgery, attempted theft, among other crimes.

“Following numerous reports of stolen motor vehicles especially lorries in Nakuru, Nairobi, and Mombasa between 2018 and 2019, @DCI_Kenya narrowed down on the suspect around whom the thefts revolved despite having been released from the said prison after completing a 15-year jail term,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said in a statement.

Comments

Guest #13 (not verified)     Wed, 08/05/2020 @ 09:10pm

It is so tough to make ends meet in Uhuru's Kenya that 65yrd old women are choosing to engage in criminal activity so as to be sent back to prison.

MLa Chake (not verified)     Thu, 08/06/2020 @ 02:18pm

In reply to by Morris Menye (not verified)

Yes Morris, Google...HOW URITHI MEMBERS PAID MILLIONS FOR AIR. Urithi housing Chairman and fake Board of Directors Living large after pocketing members hard earned money and using barbaric measures to intimidate any member trying to complain or expose them. Google..BLOGGERS BARED FROM PUBLISHING LIBELOUS ARTICLES AGAINST URITHI HOUSING FIRM. Chairman Samuel Maina playing victim and 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️to court for protection while himself using the same media outlets and bloggers to exploit wananchi their hard earned cash. Please wananchi stay away from these ROGUE REAL ESTATE FIRMS.

MLa Chake (not verified)     Thu, 08/06/2020 @ 02:19pm

In reply to by Morris Menye (not verified)

Yes Morris, Google...HOW URITHI MEMBERS PAID MILLIONS FOR AIR. Urithi housing Chairman and fake Board of Directors Living large after pocketing members hard earned money and using barbaric measures to intimidate any member trying to complain or expose them. Google..BLOGGERS BARED FROM PUBLISHING LIBELOUS ARTICLES AGAINST URITHI HOUSING FIRM. Chairman Samuel Maina playing victim and 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️to court for protection while himself using the same media outlets and bloggers to exploit wananchi their hard earned cash. Please wananchi stay away from these ROGUE REAL ESTATE FIRMS.

Kenyan (not verified)     Thu, 08/06/2020 @ 09:17am

And yet Babu Owino, who attempted murder still walks free....why cant the same legal process that is applied to common citizens be applicable to those in government?!?!?

Shaka (not verified)     Thu, 08/06/2020 @ 10:42am

Not every problem in Kenya is an Uhuru problem as if u live in the USA u will know that once u become a Felon ur chances of getting a job become very slim n u even lose ur voting rite, in other words u become a nobody. The same goes to Kenya n the only thing that can stop one from crime is mob justice.

Julius njau (not verified)     Thu, 08/06/2020 @ 11:33am

@guest#13 can u tell us if u hv a personal hatred with uhuru?when has life ever been easy under any ruler that there have never been thieves?Shake your head n rethink where n when to vomit trivialities

Mr. Murogi wa Miichi (not verified)     Thu, 08/06/2020 @ 12:15pm

Congratulations DCI for making it possible to put this thug of a woman behind bars.

I am thinking besides steeling vehicles if on the hand she coached URITH Management Team to corn innocent members of public by selling them bogus lands.

Bwana DCI, please move expeditiously like you have on this mugger of a woman (Cucu) and arrest all URITHI Management Team for swindling innocent Kenyan’s residing in Diaspora, and me being one of them swindled most (Millions). Also, have Kenya Sacco Regulatory Authority suspended URITHI operating in the Republic of Kenya as we continue to seek refunds from URITHI Management Goons. We’re also petitioning to the Foreign Governments to recall all their children attending schools abroad and also we’re requesting these foreign Governments to revoke all URITHI Management Team members their Visas World-wide.

LMuthiora (not verified)     Thu, 08/06/2020 @ 02:11pm

Unfortunately Cucu wa Gakungu has long been rested! She would been the only one to give advice to another Cucu!

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