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The High Court in Eldoret has ordered a pre-bail report for a businessman who is linked to last month’s horrific murder of his wife, Rael Cherop Biwott who was a Senior Accountant Assistant at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.

Justice Robert Wananda (pictured)directed the probation department in Uasin Gishu county to interview the family members of the slain accountant 44, and witnesses in the murder case. The Judge said that the outcome of the probation officer’s report will determine the suitability of freeing the suspect Francis Ndirangu on bail and bond.

Pre-bail report

In his ruling, the Judge ordered that the pre-bail report should be ready in 14 days before the matter is mentioned on September 10 before Deputy High Court Registrar Rosemary Onkoba.

Ndungu had denied killing his wife on the night of June 22 and 23 at Shauri estate in the outskirts of Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu county.

The mother of four was reported missing on June 23, 2024, and her dismembered body parts were subsequently discovered at multiple locations across Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties on June 24 and June 27, 2024.

An autopsy conducted in the presence of family members and legal representatives revealed that Biwott had suffered severe neck injuries and blunt force trauma to the head.