How Woman Tricked Lover, Left Him Stranded With Ksh466K Hotel Bill.
How Woman Tricked Lover, Left Him Stranded With Ksh466K Hotel Bill: A man who travelled from Homa Bay County to Westlands in Nairobi County was arrested and arraigned in court on Friday for failing to pay a hotel bill totaling to Ksh466,965.
According to the man identified as LN, the woman informed him to book a hotel as she promised to pay the bill and join him later.
LN accepted the woman’s request and travelled from his home in Homa Bay to meet the woman in Nairobi.
After making reservations at a city hotel, he stayed for 12 days from December 30, 2023, but the woman never showed. His stay amounted to a bill worth Ksh466,965.
When the time to check out came, LN informed the hotel management that he could not afford to pay the amount after the woman failed to show up.
The hotel had no option but to report him to the authorities.He was arrested and taken into custody at Parklands Police Station.
LN was charged with fraudulent use of credit to access a hotel and falsely pretending that he was able to pay.
He however, denied the charges saying that he was a victim of false promises, imposed on him by a woman whom he trusted.
The Magistrate ordered that he be released on a Ksh400,000 bond, however, if he is Unable to pay the bond, LN will be remanded at Industrial Area Prison for two weeks until court proceedings continue.
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