Defense counsel Andrew Okola has launched an appeal on behalf of his client, Karim Warner, a police officer who received a year jail term for unlawfully firing a weapon in public.
Warner, 37, was found guilty on October 1st for events that unfolded at Willikies, close to the Emerald Cove Resort, in early December 2023.
According to testimony presented in court, the incident stemmed from a rental car disagreement. Warner had leased out a vehicle he owned, and when those driving it declined to return it, tensions escalated dramatically.
Evidence showed Warner used his Lexus to prevent the Toyota Mark X from leaving, then confronted the two occupants with aggressive language and demands that they exit the vehicle.
When the female passenger proposed settling the dispute at the police station, Warner dismissed the suggestion. Instead, he retrieved his gun and unleashed a barrage of bullets—striking the car’s rear panel, trunk area, and front tire.
The woman’s courtroom account described such terror that she lost control of her bladder during the shooting.
Warner disputed the prosecution’s account, insisting he hadn’t fired a dozen shots and maintained he was merely defending his property rights.
Senior Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel dismissed this justification during sentencing, noting that while perhaps four bullets could reasonably disable a vehicle, twelve rounds constituted a grossly disproportionate response.
The verdict visibly devastated Warner, who wept upon hearing he’d been convicted.
The matter now advances to appellate review following Okola’s filing.
Don’t piss me off on this good day please. Yall would not have done this if it was a normal civilian. He release life risking shots that could’ve been avoided and settled with the involvement of police. A year sentence is even to little
For what? He deserved and should’ve gotten more years than just a one year.
Oh the audacity. Already the 1 year you got wasn’t sufficient you want to appeal? Man you directly wicked
Put him at 1735 until the appeal comes up bright and out of order
Totally agree with you
Boy you get nine months an still talking twelve months is nine months you should be in 1735 that is a tempted murder
Go sit somewhere…
I wonder what new grounds he has for the appeal. If it’s procedural, fair enough, but if it’s just to delay justice, that’s disappointing.
It could have been one shot he fired he was still wrong
Its the nature of the police to be brazen..leave him where he is
That’s to show you how he isn’t even sorry for what he did.
You are already in a place where you are permitted to enjoy KFC and ice cream, yet you still choose to appeal?
There is no room for mercy; you and your brother are predators and must be kept away from vulnerable individuals. We are aware of the two rape cases you dismissed: Karim and the interns at SSS. Your ongoing requests for inappropriate images and pressure for sexual favors are unacceptable.
These allegations have been reported by multiple sources.
Ok..he should be sentenced 10 years for wasting the courts time
The officer is brave and courageous and stupid at the same time.
The officer in question is the most brazen piece of work I have come across. He will find out. God is never asleep