Family angry over Kenyan televangelist's acquittal
Wed May 09, 2018 09:53:am Africa
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The family of a woman killed in a car crash blamed on Kenya's controversial televangelist James Ng'ang'a have dismissed his acquittal as a "sham", the local Daily Nation news site reports.
A court acquitted the pastor, ruling that the prosecution had failed to place him at the scene of the 2015 crash which killed Mercy Njeri and injured her husband Martin Mbugua.
Her father-in-law Peter Ndung'u said the family would appeal against the ruling.
"We are in mourning because our daughter is dead and her husband sustained life-changing injuries. This ruling is a sham and we are going to appeal against it," Mr Ndung'u was quoted as saying.
Pastor Ng'ang'a denied the charges, and those of giving false information to the police, conspiring to defeat justice and failing to report an accident.
Prosecutors alleged he tried to cover up that he was driving the car which crashed head-on with another car on the highway between the capital Nairobi and Naivasha town in July 2015.
Pastor Ng'ang'a, the founder of the Neno Evangelism Center, preaches to huge congregations, and he claims to be able to heal people and drive out demons.
He plays an electric guitar during services and often tells worshippers his rags-to-riches journey - from being a street child and spending time in prison to finding his faith and starting his ministry.
He is a wealthy businessman, well-known for his TV sermons.
BBC
A court acquitted the pastor, ruling that the prosecution had failed to place him at the scene of the 2015 crash which killed Mercy Njeri and injured her husband Martin Mbugua.
Her father-in-law Peter Ndung'u said the family would appeal against the ruling.
"We are in mourning because our daughter is dead and her husband sustained life-changing injuries. This ruling is a sham and we are going to appeal against it," Mr Ndung'u was quoted as saying.
Pastor Ng'ang'a denied the charges, and those of giving false information to the police, conspiring to defeat justice and failing to report an accident.
Prosecutors alleged he tried to cover up that he was driving the car which crashed head-on with another car on the highway between the capital Nairobi and Naivasha town in July 2015.
Pastor Ng'ang'a, the founder of the Neno Evangelism Center, preaches to huge congregations, and he claims to be able to heal people and drive out demons.
He plays an electric guitar during services and often tells worshippers his rags-to-riches journey - from being a street child and spending time in prison to finding his faith and starting his ministry.
He is a wealthy businessman, well-known for his TV sermons.
BBC
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