Murder of British Aristocrat Alexander Monson Forces DPP to Go After Police

The Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) turned its attention on four policemen found liable for the murder of a Briton who died in 2012.

Alexander Monson, died while on holiday in the coastal resort of Diani and the DPP directed the officers who were involved to be arrested and charged.

The ODPP through its Twitter account on Thursday ascertained that the officers will face murder charges.

It further indicated that it was already in touch with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the British Embassy in Kenya as the probe gets underway.

[caption caption="Alexander Monson"][/caption]

“Pursuant to the honorable court ruling, The DPP has directed that the said police officers be immediately arrested and produced in court to face murder charges. The @ODPP_KE is already in touch with @IPOA_KE cc @DCI_Kenya @UKinKenya #InquestDPP,” the office of the DPP stated.

A Court in Mombasa found that the four police officers were liable for the murder of Alexander who died in Diani at the age of 28.

Magistrate Richard Odenyo ruled that the four officers should be charged with murdering Monson, who died while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly smoking marijuana outside a bar.

Monson’s family had over the years maintained he was beaten to death while police claimed he died of drug overdose but the court on Thursday ruled in the family’s favor and dismissed the police narrative.

He added that during the inquiry into Monson’s death, the officers Naftali Chege, John Pamba, Charles Munyiri and Ismael Pamba had sharply contradicted each other in their statements.

Alexander was the son of Nicholas the 12th Baron Monson a British aristocrat who had blamed people high up the Kenyan Police for protecting those who murdered his son.

[caption caption="The father and mother of Alexander, Nicholas and Hillary Monson in Kenya"][/caption]

"I don't think he intended to murder Alexander, he was just a brute who went too far. I'm sorry that there are people high up in the Kenya police who think that he should protect because there is no other interpretation for it," Monson told a popular media in the UK.

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