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Mombasa shoe thief forced to eat raw pepper

Afrobiz • Mar 07, 2019

A thief from Mombasa County who was forced to eat a handful of raw peppers after a stealing spree in a mosque has been spotted being battered in another viral video following a theft incident.

His past came back to haunt him after it was discovered he was not new to the game of petty theft.

In a viral video posted on Tuesday, February 5, the thief was seen covered in blood after a group of angry chaps punished him for taking what did not belong to him. Strange enough, his crime was stealing shoes from a mosque.

Angry residents kept pressuring the suspected criminal to say the the number of times he has sneaked in mosques just to take away people’s shoes. “How many times have you come here to steal shoes? Say the truth or I will ask them to beat you,” a voice from the crowd was heard saying. With blood oozing from his face and a jaw severely swollen, the man from Likoni area tried to confess to his sins and disclose where he came from. His shirt was tattered and drenched in blood and he sat down struggling to get a grip of himself. On Monday, February 4, the chap was caught stealing from a mosque again then forced to chew peppers as a punishment.

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