Shay Diva, a popular Kenyan Slay Queen has been sentenced to four years in prison after she was found guilty of motor vehicle theft.
Kenyan socialite Sheila Wairimu, alias Shay Diva Africa, has been found guilty of stealing a luxury car belonging to departed tycoon PJ Dodhia Kumar.
Chirag Bhatt, one of the witnesses who testified in the case, said Wairimu consistently blackmailed the deceased that she would disclose their illicit relationship to his wife, who lives in the UK. Bhatt, a manager of a hardware shop that was owned by Kumar, said that is how she remained with the vehicle until the 61-year-old man’s death on April 22nd, 2021.
Wairimu, 31, was accused of illegally accessing Kumar’s NTSA account and transferring ownership of the vehicle to herself without following due processes of succession. She alleged that the deceased gifted her the car before he passed away.
Following Kumar’s death in April 2021 at the age of 61, his family filed a complaint with the police after it was discovered that Shay Diva had taken the vehicle.
The family noted that the late business tycoon only gave the socialite the Landcruiser on a ‘use and return basis’ because they were in a relationship.
Shay Diva in her defence told the court that the Landcruiser was transferred to her without her knowledge and that she learned about it when she accessed her NTSA account.
However, one of the five witnesses who testified against Shay Diva told the court that the socialite blackmailed the late tycoon.
The witness, Chirag Bhatt, a manager of a hardware shop owned by the late tycoon, said that the socialite had threatened to expose their illicit relationship to his wife who lives in the UK.
He added that Shay Diva remained with the vehicle until Kumar’s death through blackmail.
Diva was charged with three counts of intermeddling with family estate, forgery and stealing, was found guilty of illegally transferring the ownership of the Toyota Landcruiser.
A guilty verdict was given on November 30, 2022, before she was ultimately sentenced on December 5, 2022 with the alternative of a Ksh200,000 fine.
Kitale Chief Magistrate, Julius N’garng’ar who passed judgement on the case on Monday, December 5, 2022, also ordered the return of the Toyota Landcruiser 200 series back to the family of the late Dodhia Kumar who she was dating.
She was arrested after the family of the deceased filed a complaint with the police, saying Kumar only gave the car to her on a “use and return basis” since they were in a relationship.
A guilty verdict was given on November 30, 2022, before she was ultimately sentenced on December 5, 2022 with the alternative of a Ksh200,000 fine.
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