Baken da Sherrif, a child actor, almost avoided death after members of the public seized on him and beat him up after he was found stealing.
Baken da Sherrif, a popular KTN Junior TV show host, was accused of stealing a motorcycle, two phones, and Sh124,000.
In a video that has gone viral on social media, the actor can be seen and heard confessing to his captors to stealing a motorcycle and two smartphones from his host in Juja.
“We hosted him at our place pale Juja Farm, on Christmas Day. That night, he stole a motorbike license plate KMFD 295R and two phones. He also withdrew Sh124,000 from one of the phones’ Mpesa.”
He then vanished on December 26th after stealing the goods.
He was eventually tracked down and captured four days later on Karanja Drive in Kibera.
Baken was frog matched to Jogoo Police Station after a thorough beating, where he is still being kept while the inquiry continues.