A former police officer was on Thursday, January 11 convicted of the homicide of a 24-year-old man, which occurred in Nairobi.
In response to the Impartial Police Oversight Authority (IPOA), the crime was dedicated in 2020, throughout a raid in Majengo performed by police who had been monitoring bhang peddlers.
The previous policeman, who was hooked up on the Shauri Moyo Police Station was discovered responsible of homicide opposite to Sections 203 and 204 of the Penal Code.
IPOA, on its web site, acknowledged that the Excessive Court docket was glad with the prosecution’s presentation which proved past affordable doubt that the police officer precipitated the demise of the deceased.
A police automobile at against the law scene in Kakamega County on Could 2022.
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Whereas delivering the judgement, Justice Daniel Ogembo, famous, “The officer shot the deceased thrice as he tried to inquire why that they had arbitrarily arrested his counterpart.”
The deceased succumbed to the accidents that he sustained from the gunshots.
IPOA added that ten individuals together with neighbours, household and buddies had been lined up as witnesses within the case.
Nevertheless, the defendant pleaded his case citing that the slain man and different occupants of the home resisted arrest, forcing him to attract his firearm in self-defence.
He additional argued that as they tried to arrest one suspect, rowdy youth confronted and surrounded them, prompting one officer to fireside within the air. Within the course of, a stray bullet sadly hit the deceased.
The decide, nevertheless, dismissed his argument citing that theuse of the firearm was unwarranted because the suspects didn’t pose any hazard in the course of the arrest.
“Justice Daniel Ogembo famous that there was no proof that the accused confronted any threats to warrant his use of a firearm, thereby dismissing his reliance on self-defence to justify his motion,” IPOA acknowledged.
On account of the incident, Majengo and Pumwani residents protested the police officer’s actions and urged IPOA to research the case.
Officers on responsibility at a police station in Kenya in a photograph dated 2020
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