A police officer is set to answer to a court regarding the murder of his fellow police in Narumoru, Nyeri County.
Hight Court Justice Teresiah Matheka said that the court had found that the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions had established a case against Constable Simon Nzomo.
Simon, an Administration Police officer was jointly charged with Constable Samuel Chemobo with the murder of Corporal Eliud Wanjohi, who was then attached to Narumoru Police Station.
He is however left to answer to the case alone as his accomplice Chemobo died in an accident in 2013.
According to the charge sheet, the two officers jointly killed Mr Wanjohi after assaulting him at Kimahuri Trading Centre in Kieni East, Nyeri County, on August 15, 2011.
In her ruling, Justice Matheka found that the prosecution, through its 14 witnesses, demonstrated that Mr Wanjohi was arrested by the two officers from a bar.
A postmortem report further indicated that Mr Wanjohi was found dead in the police cell. Government pathologist Okoth Obiero, told the court that the post-mortem showed that Mr Wanjohi died from lack of oxygen.
“I found that his nose and mouth must have been forcefully covered before death. The neck region and muscles were damaged and had injuries,” said the pathologist.
Under these charges, AP Simon is expected to issue his defense in court on March 5, 2019.