UK Judge Invites Kenyans to Help Solve Case Involving Kenyan Actor

Justice Lieven, a judge in the Family Division of the High Court in London, has called on Kenyans to help solve a case involving a Kenyan singer who doubles as an actor.

The Judge gave permission to reveal the names of Shiv Singh Benawra, 29 and Charlotte Morris, 24 to journalists and give some details of the case. 

According to the Judge, Benawra was unlawfully keeping his child in Nairobi and refusing to return the boy to his British mother, Charlotte in the UK.

Lieven stated that the father, who is a public figure, a singer, actor, and model in Kenya, had failed to comply with the high court orders.

 

According to Justice Lieven, "The mother believes that if publicity restrictions are lifted, the father is likely to return the child to the UK because he is a public figure who would not want to jeopardise his status and career through the inevitable public criticism and the disapproval of followers, fans, and colleagues". 

She added that the boy's name should not be revealed, and barred the media from publishing his photographs. 

The mother had argued that 'inevitable public criticism' would encourage Benawra to comply with judges' orders and return the boy to the UK. 

The child, who is now four, is a British and lived with his mother in Britain until he was around 18 months old when his father brought him to Kenya in April 2016 and was supposed to return him by June 2016. 

The couple, who separated in 2015, has been involved in litigation ever since Benawra took the child with the mother's permission and failed to return him back despite the court orders.

According to reports by Daily Mail,  Benawra's mother, Jessy, was a director of Childline Kenya and had been a member of the Kenyan National Council for Children's Services.