Former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Philip Murgor on Monday, December 13, criticised the latest move by incumbent DPP Noordin Haji to charge his nieces, Cheryl and Stephanie Murgor, over assault allegations on Ndichu brothers, Paul and Eddie.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, the lawyer blasted the DPP's action, terming it as victimisation of his nieces. He went on to claim that the decision was part of an attempt to force his relatives to withdraw their charges.
The Senior Counsel affirmed that the move would not work as he would ensure that justice would prevail.
"This shows incompetence and abuse of prosecution powers on the part of DPP. It is a crude and primitive attempt to withdraw their criminal charges. It's blackmail. We'll fight it to the bitter end, we hope they show the CCTV recordings on the first court hearing," he noted.
The lawyer painted the picture of the incident- noting that Cheryl Murgor engaged in the physical altercation with one woman identified as Munira Mohamed as an act of self defence.
"The criminal justice system is dysfunctional. It reaches a point that despite CCTV circulated all over the world, DPP Haji can still victimise the sisters. None of the Murgor sisters group struck at anybody except Cheryl did so in self defence which is permitted by the law.
"The group had been attacked four times by the Ndichu brothers. It is only when the elder sister Cheryl came to the aid of Patrick that she ended up in a physical exchange with Munira but even that is in self defence. So whoever says the victims of the attack have committed a crime either of assault, does not know what his job is," he stated.
Murgor added that he, along with his nieces, would report to the police station on Tuesday, December 14, in regards to the prosecution orders.
"You cannot blame the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for shoddy investigations, incomplete investigations or even wrong recommendations. They submit their files and receive directions from the DPP," he reiterated.
A representative from the ODPP, however, confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke that both the Ndichu brothers and Murgor sisters would be charged for taking part in the scuffle.
The Murgor sisters had filed an application seeking to charge the Ndichu twins over the assault charges. This led the DPP to prosecute the brothers- a claim which Murgor stated, had not yet materialised as they were yet to be charged in court.
"We appeared at the Kibera Courts only to be informed that the Ndichus would not be charged, as there were 'new directives'," the Senior Counsel previously stated.
