A 37-year-old man was on Wednesday charged at the Thika Law Courts for stealing a Bible from the town’s Naivas supermarket branch.

John Muturi Njuguna admitted that he walked into the supermarket and made away with the Revised Standard Version Holy Bible valued at Ksh.1,080 on September 13, 2022.

In his defence, Muturi told the court that he was driven by a calling from a dream he had, where he claimed the Holy Spirit wanted him to read a certain verse in that particular Bible but he did not have it. He asked the court to forgive him.

A lawyer, since only identified as Gatonye, and who was present at the time of the hearing, asked the court to release Muturi on condition that he would pay the Ksh.1,080 owed to the supermarket for the Bible.

The bill was settled and the court’s Chief Magistrate, Stella Atambo, released the man who then walked home with the new Holy Book.