The Court has issued a warrant of arrest against a British national over attempts to defraud a city bank money to a tune of Ksh700 million.
The orders were necessitated by the fact that, when the case came up for mention, a senior State prosecutor informed the court that Gaurav had not been arrested since he was not within the Kenyan jurisdiction.
Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe directed that arrest order against Gaurav Jayesh Kumar Kotecha be effected by Interpol (Police) since the suspect is in UK.
This followed an application by the prosecution stating that the accused was not present in court to take plea.
Prosecution told the court that Gaurav is said to be out of the country and that he has not been complying with police summons. A matter that could prove to be an uphill task for the prosecution to effect owing to logistical challenges.
Mr Gaurav is charged alongside his father, Javesh Kumar Prabhudar Kotecha, a director of Midland Hauliers, who pleaded not guilty to the charges. The court released Kotecha on Ksh2 million cash bail pending further hearing.
The prosecution alleges that on April 29,2019 at Midland Hauliers (Under administration) offices along Kyangombe road, within Nairobi, the accused being directors and companies respectively with intent to defraud Prime Bank of Ksh706,989,273, jointly with others not before court, conspired to transfer two motor vehicles from Midland Hauliers (under administration) to Super Hakika Ltd without the authority of the administrator.
This comes in the wake of yet another case involving a British soldier who was accused of murdering a Kenyan woman while in the country for training in Laikipia County.
A matter that has put to test the bilateral relations between Nairobi and London with members of parliament threatening to renew the agreement that allows British soldiers to train in the country.
Cases of foreigners being involved in fraud, in the country are common, with Kenya seeking collaborative ways of taming such offences.
