Breaking News: Kevin Kang’ethe Escape: Four cops interdicted, 2 others transferred.
Breaking News: Kevin Kang’ethe Escape: Four cops interdicted, 2 others transferred: Four police officers who were guarding the Muthaiga Police Station when wanted murder suspect Kelvin Kinyanjui Kang’ethe escaped from custody have been interdicted.
The suspect was awaiting extradition on a Massachusetts warrant pointing out that he killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at the Boston airport.
Speaking to the press, Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei highlighted that as part of disciplinary measures within the police force, two additional senior officers overseeing the four policemen in question have been reassigned to different duty stations.
Bungei stated,”The four will face other charges in court including aiding the escape of the wanted suspect.”
Notably, Bungei said Kang’ethe’s lawyer, John Ndegwa Maina, remains in police custody. He was detained at Muthaiga Police Station shortly after Kang’ethe’s escape at around 5.30 pm on Wednesday, February 7.
Kevin Kang’ethe is accused of killing a 31-year-old Margaret Mbitu who was based in Whitman, Massachusetts whose body was discovered inside a vehicle at Boston’s Logan Airport in November last year.
He allegedly escaped from Boston in November last year but was arrested on January 30 in Nairobi and was presented in court on a miscellaneous application where detectives were granted 30 days to detain him pending the conclusion of investigations.
Preliminary investigations indicate that Kang’ethe attacked and repeatedly stabbed the woman in the face and neck area causing grave injuries that led to her death.