Sheila Wairimu alias Shay Diva Africa, Kenyan socialite has been sentenced to four years in prison after she was found guilty of stealing a car.
The 30-year-old popular IG big girl was accused of accessing tycoon, PJ Dodhia Kumar’s TIMs/NTSA account and transferring ownership of the vehicle to herself without following the due processes of succession.
According to reports at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), Shay Diva logged into the deceased’s TIMs account at 11:45 p.m. on April 26 and submitted a transfer of the log book.
The transfer was approved at 2:00 PM the next day; however, the owner had not provided any supporting documentation.
After learning that Shay Diva had stolen the car, Kumar’s family reported it to the police after he passed away in April 2021 at the age of 61. The tycoon only gave the socialite the Landcruiser on a “use and return basis” because they were dating, the family remarked.
In her defense, the socialite testified before the court that the Landcruiser was given to her without her consent and that she discovered this when she logged into her NTSA account.
Shay Diva was accused of blackmailing the late tycoon by one of the five witnesses who testified against her in court.
The witness, Chirag Bhatt, the manager of a hardware store owned by the deceased businessman, claimed that the socialite threatened to reveal their extramarital affair to his wife, who resides in the UK. “Shay Diva remained with the car until Kumar was killed by blackmail,” he continued.
The Toyota Landcruiser was illegally transferred into Diva’s ownership; she was charged with three counts of interfering with family estate, forgery, and theft. On November 30, 2022, a guilty verdict was reached, and on December 5, 2022, she received her sentence.
She was dating the late Dodhia Kumar, and Kitale Chief Magistrate Julius N’garng’ar also ordered the Toyota Landcruiser 200 series to be returned to the family of Dodhia Kumar’s passing.