Mr.John Achieng Ayieko, a man accused of murdering Jacobus Van Der Goes, a Dutch national at Nyali in 2016 was yesterday found guilty of murder and convicted to death.
The 2nd accused, Joseph Ogolla Ajowi, an accessory after the fact to the murder, was convicted to life imprisonment.
The body of the 77-year-old Dutchman, who also held a Kenyan passport, was found by detectives yesterday, six months after he went missing.
The detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) recovered the body of Mr Jacobus Van Der Goes from a septic tank at his compound in Mombasa’s Nyali estate.
The police, led by Mombasa DCI boss Pius Macharia, found the decomposing body of the dutchman who went missing in January 2016.
Jacobus’ body, which was wrapped in a mattress was found in a septic tank. A hammer and crowbar, suspected to have been used to clobber him to death, were found in the septic tank.
Mr Goes’ gardener was arrested a few weeks after his disappearance. Police, who were trailing him, found the gardener had been using the deceased’s ATM cards and had withdrawn money from Mombasa and Kericho.
#CONVICTED|Mr.John Achieng Ayieko;a man accused of murdering Jacobus Van Der Goes, a Dutch national at Nyali in 2016 was found guilty & convicted to death sentence. The 2nd accused;Joseph Ogolla Ajowi, an Accessory After the fact to the murder, was convicted to life imprisonment. pic.twitter.com/oSaWxmSSec
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) October 26, 2018
Kenyans though have called on the police to also act with speed and bring to book suspects of other past murder cases and criminal offences.
Check out some of their opinions below:
When will you arrest and prosecute the man who ran over NASA demonstrators in Nairobi in broad daylight? A crime was committed.
— D I K E M B E (@Disembe) October 26, 2018
Meanwhile, economic terrorists are enjoying their loot. Let’s see them convicted too otherwise ni kelele tu
— Wickliffe (@cliffeBrowns) October 26, 2018
Commendable…but this will never happen to Migori Governor Okoth Obado…BIASNESS
— F®Aπ¢hi$€ (@francis_ndwiga) October 27, 2018