Its a cold world where what close people will do to the other or collaborate to do will shock you upon the identity of the victim. Before actor Jamal Gadafi’s murder trended another incident of close link cold blooded murder of a tycoon had also been recorded.
The man and his daughter accused of robbing and killing a Nanyuki businessman will undergo mental assessments to determine their fitness to stand trial, the High Court in Nyeri has ordered.
Justice Teresia Matheka Friday directed that Mr Charles Macharia and his daughter Jane Wanjiku be examined their mental status at Nyeri Level Five Hospital.
She also directed the officer-in-charge of Nyeri King’ong’o GK Prison, where the two suspects will be detained, to ensure they are taken to hospital for medical attention after they complained that they were assaulted by police upon arrest.
The judge further ordered that the two suspects be produced in court on January 9 to take plea.
They suspects were arrested last month over the brutal murder of businessman George Gachibi.
They were arraigned in Nyeri because the Nanyuki judge, Hatari Waweru, is on Christmas vacation.
The suspects were arrested by DCI detectives at a petrol station in Kirwara, Murang’a County on December 5.
They were found with the victim’s Subaru Legacy car and electronics stolen from him. Mr Gachibi was the proprietor of Checkers Bar and Restaurant in Nanyuki town.
Ms Wanjiku, a waitress at a hotel in Nanyuki, was reported to have been in a love affair with the businessman.
Mr Gachibi’s body was found on December 4 in his bedroom, lying in a pool of blood by his employees, who had gone to check on him at his house after he failed to answer their calls and had not reported at his business.
Laikipia County Criminal Investigations Officer Peter Muinde said Mr Gachibi had multiple stab wounds in his body.
The detective added that the lady suspect was the victim’s girlfriend as they were often seen together and she used to frequent his house.