A fugitive Dutch national convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for aggravated theft and extortion has been detained at the Muthaiga Police Station in Nairobi pending extradition to his home country. Mohamed Hassan, 38, who had been living in Kenya for seven months under court-imposed bail, was remanded by Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi yesterday following a formal application by Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga. The DPP was acting on a formal extradition request submitted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which seeks Hassan's return to serve the remaining 320 days of a 32-month custodial sentence handed down in 2019 by the Court of the Hague, under Dutch criminal case number 09/808575-18.
According to a detailed affidavit filed in court by Principal Prosecution Counsel Magdalene Nduati, Hassan was convicted in September 2019 of serious criminal charges, including aggravated theft and extortion, offences under Articles 310, 312, and 317 of the Dutch Penal Code.
After initially serving time in custody, Hassan was conditionally released on August 16, 2020, on probation terms that included mandatory reporting to Dutch authorities.
However, just days after his release, he absconded and failed to report to the Dutch Probation Service, in violation of his probation conditions.
