Tycoon's son jailed for faking his own kidnap

A London court has sentenced a 21-year-old son of a wealthy Mombasa businessman to three years in jail. Viraj Mashru, the son of Rajendra Mashru, whose family owns one of the biggest transport companies in East Africa, was convicted for faking his own kidnap to swindle his father out of Sh85 million in ransom. According to MailOnline newspaper, Viraj admitted one count of conspiracy to blackmail and was jailed for three years and nine months by judge Alastair McCreath at the Southwark Crown Court in London. One of his accomplices, Marcus Bennett, who admitted the same charge was jailed for 12...