Former Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murder

2 former SARS officers sentenced to death for murder

The two officers were found guilty of the extrajudicial killing of two suspects in SARS custody. Two officers who served in the now defunct police unit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), have been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. The officers had been standing trial for the extrajudicial killing of Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, who died in their custody after being arrested for allegedly ste…

Kenyan police sentenced for murder of rights lawyer

Three Kenyan police officers were on Friday given sentences ranging from 24 years in jail to the death penalty for the brutal murder of a rights lawyer and two other people. The bodies of lawyer Willie Kimani — who had criticised police abuse — as well as his client Josephat Mwenda and driver Joseph Muiruri were found wrapped in sacks and dumped in a river outside Nairobi in June 2016. The torture and killing of the three men sparked furious pro…

Former Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murdering 3

A former Kenyan policeman was sentenced to death Friday for the murder of a human rights lawyer. Four people were convicted of carrying out a series of murders in 2016.

Former Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murder

A Kenyan former policeman was sentenced to death on Friday for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver.

Kenyan policemen get sentences for murder of human rights lawyer

The murder of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani set off protests in Kenya, where police are often accused of brutality.

Kenyan police officers sentenced over 2016 murder of lawyer

Nairobi, Feb 3 (EFE).- A Kenyan police officer was on Friday sentenced to death and two others handed lengthy prison terms for the 2016 murders of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and his driver. Fredrick Ole Leliman was handed the death penalty at the high court in Nairobi, where he was described by the presiding judge Jessie Lessit as the mastermind behind the brutal assassination. Two other officers, Stephen Cheburet and Sylvia W…