Suspect in youth killing case arrested
By Winstone.Chiseremi, July 28, 2023Police from Eldoret have raided a hideout in Nairobi and arrested a fourth suspect linked to last month’s brutal killing of a 20-year-old man.
The suspect, Benjamin Njenga, an Eldoret town matatu operator, had fled to Nairobi after allegedly attacking and killing Ahmed Mohammed Ismael.
“Our investigations led us to the arrest of the matatu driver linked to the murder of the former high school student,” said a senior Directorate of Criminal Investigations who sought anonymity.
A police report indicates the suspect committed the offence jointly with three others on June 2, 2023 at West Indies in Turbo, Uasin Gishu county.
Njenga was arraigned in an Eldoret court but did not take a plea after the police successfully applied to detain him for seven days to conclude investigations.
The suspect, who is being held at Eldoret Central Police Station, will be taken back to court on August 15 for mention of his case.
His three co-accused, among them a woman, pleaded not guilty to killing the man by hitting him with a blunt object.
Juliet Ayieta, Paul Osinde and Gregory Mukhori appeared before Eldoret High Court judge Reuben Nyakundi.
They are represented by lawyer Elijah Ayiego while the prosecution is led by Mark Mugun.
The Judge ordered the prosecution to serve the accused persons with the relevant documents within 14 days pending the mention of their case on October 2.
The suspects reportedly attacked the man in connection to the theft of a mobile phone belonging to a college student.
According to the police report, the mob pursued and caught up with the man and stoned him to death at the gate of the hostel where the victim was living.