KIAMBU, Kenya, Jan, 26 – The main suspect in the macabre killings of four family members and a farm hand, was on Tuesday at the Kiambu Law courts declared mentally unfit to take plea and subsequently stand a trial.
Lawrence Warunge appeared before Kiambu Chief Magistrate Patricia Gichoi.
The court was presented with a psychiatric report corroborating the decision that the suspect was not fit to stand a trial.
The prosecution however sought orders to detain Warunge for a further 30 days. They were granted.
Warunge will remain in police custody where he will undergo constant medical check-ups and his mental state evaluated.
The suspect will remain in police custody until March 1 when the matter will be mentioned before Chief Magistrate Gichoi.
Meanwhile, the second suspect, who is Warunge’s girlfriend Sarah Muthoni was released and is set to be used as a prosecution witness in the murder case.
On Monday, the two were expected to be presented in court but only Muthoni was appeared.
The prosecution was granted a permission to hold her for a day before she’s set free.
This was seen as a last minute effort to secure the second accused as a prosecutor witness.
An autopsy report conducted earlier by Government Chief Pathologist Johansen oduor revealed that there was a likelihood that the accused committed the heinous crimes on his own as witnessed by the nature of injuries on the victims.
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A sole weapon according to the report was also used.
Warunge confessed to detectives that he committed the murders.
He would later lead detectives to the place he hid the weapon in Mai Maihiu.
He accused his parents of being satanic and of portraying him in “bad light” to his friends and relatives.
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