Former Ruaraka OCS Nahashon Mutua Convicted of Murder

A Nairobi high court on Thursday convicted former Ruaraka Police Boss Nahashon Mutua of murder.

The officer had been accused of torturing a suspect, Martin Koome, to death at the Ruaraka police cells four years ago.

Justice Stella Mutuku stated that the evidence was compelling enough to convict the former police boss of murder.

"Evidence shows he tortured and killed Martin Koome in a cell five years ago," stated the judge.

Mutua will hence be detained at Ruaraka Police Station awaiting sentencing scheduled for next week Thursday, December 20, 2018.

In the incidence that took place on the night of December 19, 2013, Koome succumbed to injuries sustained after being beaten by the officer at Ruaraka Police Station.

Police took him to Kenyatta National Hospital with a swollen face, deep cuts, and his wife could barely recognise him.

However, soon after the incident, the former Ruaraka commander was transferred to Machakos County to fill the position of staffing officer.

Another suspect, Kevin Odhiambo, had been arrested and charged with murder but the case was terminated after the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) investigated the matter and found Mr Mutua culpable.

IPOA had told the court then that Mutua had interfered with the investigations by intimidating and coercing witnesses who had recorded statements with the oversight authority.

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