JERMAIN JOHN GRANT V. REPUBLIC

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. Jermain John Grant (the appellant), is challenging the conviction and sentence imposed on him by the High Court at Mombasa for various charges, ranging from making a false statement for register of birth contrary to section 363 of the Penal Code, procuring execution of a document by false pretences contrary to section 355 of the Penal Code, attempt to procure registration by false pretences contrary to section 320 of the Penal Code, making a false document contrary to section 347 (a) as read with section 349 of the Penal Code; to uttering a false document contrary to section 353 of the Penal Code. The conviction saw him sentenced to 9 years imprisonment. The decision of the High Court overturned the judgment and the resultant acquittal of the appellant by the trial court (A. Ndungu - RM).

2. The case as presented by the prosecution, was that the appellant, a person who went by five aliases; Jermain Grant alias Ali Mohamed Ibrahim alias Peter Joseph alias Robert …