JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
The appellant herein, BON DAVID ONYANGO, was jointly charged with one, SOSPETER GEORGE OTIENO alias GEORGE OCHIENG OWINO, with the offence of robbery with violence contrary to section 296(2) of the Penal Code.
The charge sheet in which the offence was particularized stated that the two accused persons with others already in court and while armed with offensive weapons, robbed one, Ruth Seda of a mobile phone, a video deck, four television sets, one mattress, assorted types of utensils, two wall clocks, two wrist watches, two pairs of spectacles, one land line telephone receiver, one thermos flask, four suitcases, one gas cylinder, assorted types of clothing, personal documents including a national identity card, a purse containing K.Shs.800/= and three pairs of shoes all valued at K.Shs.132,600/=.
The offence is said to have been committed at Nyahera Sub-location in Kisumu District within Nyanza Province on the night of 6th October, 2002. The appellant together with…