Sh30,000 dowry claim in Briton’s terrorism case

The British terror suspect Jermain John Grant reportedly paid Sh30,000 dowry and married a Kenyan woman he had met barely two weeks earlier. Bombululu resident Hassan Mohammed said he introduced Grant to the women after they met at the Kibokoni mosque and became friends. He said the woman lived at Mwandoni with her brother.

Last November, Mohammed said he and Grant met at Memon Mosque and that is when Grant identified himself as Ali Mohammed Ibrahim, a Canadian with a degree in Business Administration who was in the business of importing cars. Grant claimed he was living with friends in Mombasa and was searching for a wife.

"I took him to Kisauni to go and see some of the single women living there. First, I introduced him to my sister’s daughter but he didn’t like her. I then introduced him to another niece whose mother had died but he never liked her too. He then pointed to another house and I took him there. There, we met the woman and her brother and informed them of his intention to get married. (...)