Directions to be issued for six accused in robbery with violence case

The Magistrates Court is set to provide directions today in a case involving six individuals accused of violently robbing two people along Waiyaki Way on the same night that late Kabete MP George Muchai was murdered.

The defendants, including Erick Muyera Isabwa, Raphael Kimani, Mustafa Kimani, Stephen Asitiva Lipapo, Jane Wanjiru Kimani, Margaret Njeri, and Simon Wambugu Gichamba, were found to have a case to answer and are currently at the stage of defending themselves against the charges.

The accused individuals allegedly violently robbed Gladys Waithera of a motor vehicle valued at Sh600,000 in Green Belt estate, Wangige, Kiambu County, while armed with a G3 rifle and pistols, alongside others not present in court. They are also accused of stealing other valuables from Waithera and threatening her with actual violence. Additionally, they allegedly robbed another victim, Michael Gituto, of a vehicle and personal property worth Sh416,000 on February 6 along Waiyaki Way.

At this stage of the trial, the defendants have requested the court to recall some of the prosecution witnesses for cross-examination regarding the evidence they have presented before proceeding with their defense.

READ MORE When they arrived at the scene, they were astonished to find a cooking pot filled with meat and some vegetables. At the scene, was a human skull and blood-stained clothes as well as the deceased's gumboots. Police interrogated the suspect on his father's whereabouts but he noted that he was also unaware as he was still searching for him. The rest of the missing body parts first spotted by the locals was found dumped in a sack and covered with stones inside Nithi River. One of the area residents who claimed that the suspect began digging the tunnel in 2017 stated that the suspect and his victim had an argument about the condition of the tunnel before he went missing. "The two had quarrelled after the man stopped his father from cutting the Napier grass around the tunnel," Johnson Mutembei a resident told a local publication. The suspect is currently in custody pending arraignment in court to face murder charges. "We have arrested a man who is suspected to have killed his father, cooked part of the body and hidden some in a tunnel," Muthambi Sub-County Police Commander stated.