A Kibera magistrate’s court has allowed detectives to detain a GSU officer linked to the murder of a woman in Lang'ata for 21 days pending investigations.
Victor Otieno Ouma was detained by Senior Principal Magistrate Irene Kahuya.
This is after Constable Johnson Wanjohi of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Lang'ata filed an affidavit in court.
Wanjohi in his affidavit told the court that some exhibits including used condoms were recovered and he told the court that the deceased Nelvine Museti must have been in the company of a man.
“Some lead investigations show that the deceased was in the company of a man in her house where they must have spent the night together. They must have enjoyed their times together and the condom that we found as an exhibit shows, some drinks were used too,” Wanjohi told the court.
He told the court that an empty beer bottle, some glasses containing drinks suspected to be alcohol, bhang, and a half-full two–litre bottle containing a beverage were also received and have been taken for forensic analysis.
“I want to inform the court that Some of the items recovered have been forwarded to the Government Chemist for Toxicology and DNA analysis,” he said.
“I urge the honourable court to give us 21 more days to detain the suspect so that we conclude our investigations which includes recording of witness statements among others.”
Ouma a police officer attached to the General Service Unit (GSU) at the Unit’s headquarters in Ruaraka, Nairobi, is the prime suspect in the case.
While responding to the application, he told the court that he had no objection hence allowing the detectives to detain him
The court directed that the suspect be detained at Lang'ata police station for 21 days.
The matter will be mentioned on February 8 for a further mention.
