Two officers charged with forgery and abuse of office
By Bernice.Mbugua, October 6, 2022
Two police officers were yesterday charged with conspiring to defeat justice in a matter where a woman had accused her ex-husband of attempted murder.
Judy Musau and Bernard Malombe appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul and denied forgery and abuse of office charges. According to the charge sheet, the two conspired to defeat justice on January 10, 2019 at Dandora Police Station by forging the signature of one Josephine Mutindi Kithu on a withdrawal letter presented as evidence to Milimani Children’s Court.
Kithu was the complainant in a matter before the Makadara Law Courts in which her ex-husband, Daniel Nzuso Mutisya, a general duty officer in Ruai, is charged with attempting to cause her death in 2019.
Documents at Makadara Law Courts, Mutisya had intentionally attempted to light a gas cooker with a matchbox in an attempt to burn the ex-wife and children who were home at the time.
The officers were arrested by officers from the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) on October 4, 2022 and booked at Capitol Hill police station, where they were remanded until their arraignment yesterday.
The arrests were the result of investigations conducted by the IAU and a directive issued by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) in a letter dated September 22, 2022.
Musau is attached to Dandora Police Station, while Malombe is attached to Central Police Station.
The matter resumes on October 18, 2022.