Kenyan man caught digging up father’s body after 14-years to retrieve his leather shoes (See Photo)

A Kenyan man was caught exhuming his father’s body to retrieve his leather shoes. 

27-year-old Patrick Mwangi Katonye was caught by members of the public, disinterring the body at around 8 am on Wednesday, October 2, in Maseno Village.

The photo above shows the disturbed grave of his late father Johnson Ndonye in Subukia, Nakuru County. 

According to Nakuru Police Commander Stephen Matu, the suspect wanted to retrieve a pair of leather shoes his late father Johnson Ndonye was buried with back in 2005. The police commander said the man claimed he wanted to sell the shoes.

The suspect told the police that he wanted to sell the shoes. He waited for members of his family to leave the home before exhuming the body but the shoe was rotten, said Matu.