A city businessman accused of disclosing personal data to a third party has been warned not to interfere with the case pending before the court.
The directions were issued after the complainant in the matter Lauren Rose Friedman through her lawyer Danstan Omari said that she has allegedly received threats from the accused Hatim Mohammed Tahir and there are also threats to interfere with the case.
Further Omari said that they will be asking the court to cancel Hatims cash bail.
“The complaint has received numerous threats of attempt to interfere with the administration of justice ...we shall be asking the prosecution to cancel the bond terms granted to the accused person," Omari said.
Meanwhile, the prosecution told the court that there were other persons in the matter who had not been arrested and asked the court to give a further mention date to allow them to make the arrests and supply the defence with witness statements in the case.
“We are asking for another mention date in September...further arrests were to be done and we are waiting to arrest so that the matter can be heard together," the prosecutor said.
The defence did not object but noted that they have not been supplied with documents that the prosecution will rely on.
Milimani resident magistrate Rose Ndombi directed that the matter be mentioned on October 1 and issued a summons to the investigating officer to appear in court.
“Further mention on October 1 for pre-trial, summons to be issued to the Investigating Officer to ensure that there's no interference, “the magistrate directed.
In the case, the charge sheet states that on September 19, 2023, at Gigiri courtyard in Westland’s sub-county within Nairobi county, Tahir with another not in court, without authority disclosed personal data to Lynn Ng'ang'a, a lawyer handling his civil case.
The alleged data, a CCTV footage, belonged to an adult and a minor, the court heard.
The accused is out on a cash bail of Sh100,000 bail terms.
