Two police officers jailed for 30 years over murder of suspect in Nyamira police cell
Two police officers jailed for 30 years over murder of suspect in Nyamira police cell
Two police officers have been jailed after being found guilty of murdering a suspect in a police cell.
In a statement on Wednesday, April 29, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said the accused, James Ogwagwa Nyakina and Jackson Kirui Kipngeno, committed the act on August 19, 2019.
Nyakina was sentenced to 30 years in prison while his co-accused, Kipngeno, received a 10-year jail term.
“Two police officers charged with the murder of a suspect in Nyamatoki police cells in Nyamira on 19th August 2019 have been jailed.
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“James Ogwagwa Nyakina, a police corporal, was sentenced to serve 30 years’ imprisonment, while Jackson Kirui Kipngeno, a police constable, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment,” read the statement in part.
According to the ODPP, the court found that the two police officers who were working at the Nyamatoki police post jointly murdered Amos Kemosi Kereri.
During the case, the prosecution presented 14 witnesses to testify against the officers, successfully proving their involvement in the fatal assault.
“The prosecution established that the two officers, while on night patrol together with other police officers, arrested the deceased and took him to the said post, where the two assaulted him, and when he was taken to the hospital the following morning, he was pronounced dead,” the ODPP added.
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