Cases of Police Brutality have lately been on the rise. Many of the rogue police officers have however time and again gone scot free with families of the affected victims left to wallow in pain in despair.
Many cases of police brutality are still pending in Court but with the latest few convictions already made, the future absolutely looks bright and the Police, especially the unprofessional ones are now on high alert.
One case that hit headlines back in 2013 was the case involving a former OCS who was accused of killing an inmate.
After court sessions, the OCS was found guilty and is set to know his fate today.
In a High Court ruling by Judge Stella Mutuku in December last year, Nahashon Mutua was found guilty of killing Martin Koome Imanyara, an inmate at Ruaraka police station. He tried to frame Kevin Odhiambo, another inmate at the station, for it.
Koome was a miraa trader at Baba Dogo shopping centre in Ruaraka, Nairobi.
He had returned home drunk after the day’s work and is said to have “normal” domestic squabbles with his wife.
He then threatened to jump from their storeyed house while carrying their three-month old baby. The wife screamed, calling for help from neighbours, who in turn called the police.
Officers arrived and arrested Koome and booked him at Ruaraka police station. At the station, he refused to enter into the cells, arguing he did nothing wrong that warranted his arrest.
It was at that point that the OCS intervened, beating him until he passed out, court papers showed.
He used a ridged metal pipe to pound Koome, inflicting fatal injuries. Rights group International Justice Mission took up the matter alongside the Independent Policing Oversight Authority and documented the evidence that eventually nailed the former cop.
The prosecution showed the trial court how Mutua went to a great lengths to obstruct justice, even offering a Sh1 million bribe to investigators besides trying to frame Odhiambo.
“After committing the murder, the accused took steps to cover up by intimidation, issuance of threats and framing PW5,” court papers said.