Life Imprisonment For Willie Kimani Killers

Three police officers found guilty of the murder of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and a taxi driver have been sentenced with Fredrick Leliman being sentenced to death, Stephen Chebureti sentenced to 30 years in jail. Judge Jessie Lessit has also ruled that Sylvia Wanjiku be jailed for 24 years.

The four have been given 14 days to appeal the ruling issued.

The bodies of Willie Kimani, his client and a taxi driver were found after they had been dumped in Ol Donyo Sabuk river in Machakos county. Kimani, Mwenda and their taxi driver Joseph Muiruri were last seen on 23 June 2016 at a police station.

 Kimani was defending motorbike taxi driver Josephat Mwenda who had accused policeman Fredrick Leliman - one of the three officers found guilty - of shooting him for no reason at a traffic stop in 2015. 

The murder of the three caused a public outcry and concerns of the many extrajudicial killings and disappearances that have been pointing to the Kenyan police. More to follow...