A middle-aged man’s body was this morning discovered in an electronics shop in Mwingi Town after he fell from the roof while breaking in.
Mulinge Kituo, the owner, said he opened his shop at around 7:15 am and found the man lying lifeless.
He then alerted officers based at Mwingi Police Station where the body of the unidentified man was taken to Mwingi Level 4 Hospital mortuary pending postmortem.
According to CCTV footage retrieved from the shop, the man cut through the roof and wooden ceiling and made his way inside before he slid and landed on the floor head-first.
The footage further revealed that the man did not die instantly. He was coughing heavily for around ten minutes before he passed on at around 11:40 pm.
Samson Mulinge Kituo, one of the traders who also own an electronic shop, revealed that another thief was captured on CCTV in yet another shop aiming to steal a fridge but was not apprehended.
“Hii mambo ya wizi imekuwa mbaya sana. Wiki imepita kumekuwa na wizi. Kuna kijana alionwa na CCTV akijaribu kuiba fridge hapa nje lakini hakushikwa.
(Stealing has become rampant in this center. Last week there was another robbery. There was a young man caught on CCTV trying to steal a fridge on sale but unfortunately, he was not caught.)” Kitui recalled.
