NAIROBI,Kenya, July 15 – Dickson Mararo, the prime suspect in the shooting of two police officers and a woman at an entertainment joint along Thika Road will remain in police custody pending a determination of his bond application.
Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku, the accused through his lawyer Cliff Ombeta sought to be released after being detained for seven days at the Muthaiga Police station.
The prosecution however opposed his application saying that the court was under no obligation to release the suspect immediately even though the right to bail or bond was granted in the constitution.
“The state opposes there release of the suspect, the prosecutor handling the case is in the coast region and not able to conduct interviews on key witnesses as had earlier indictaed,” said the prosecution.
The court was also told that one of the victims of the shooting incident, police constable, Festus Musyoka, is still in hospital though detectives probing the matter remain hopeful that they can record his statement before next week on Tuesday.
The prosecution is also expected to prepare an affidavit opposing his release. It will be presented in court next week on Tuesday.
Last week while applying for a bail application, the suspect’s lawyer, Ombeta said that the prosecution’s argument that they needed more time to record his statement as well as conduct an identification parade was unnecessary since his client already complied with the detective’s demands saying that the investigations commenced on July 2,2021.
“when they say the suspect ran away from the scene, how does the have a bearing on this matter because the same suspect we are told presented himself by counsel or presented before them, is that reason to hold him today? We are told he has not been processed, that is not true, they took his finger prints and photographs in my presence,” said Ombeta.
Mararo presented himself to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu road alongside his lawyer Cliff Ombeta after evading police capture for two days.
Two victims who sustained gunshot injuries have since been discharged from hospital while another is still in critical condition.
The victims were identified as Festus Musyoka, a police constable attached at the Starehe DCI offices while the second one was identified as Lawrence Muturi, a police constable attached at the petty crime unit at Kasarani police station.
The third victim was identified as Felictas Nzisa.
Constable Musyoka was shot on the left side of his neck, constable Muturi was reportedly shot on the hand while Nzisa was shot on the abdomen.
CCTV footage showed the gunman fleeing the scene and subsequently the premises aboard his vehicle.
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