Ex-police boss, two others granted bail in farmhand murder case
Ex-police boss, two others granted bail in farmhand murder case
A retired senior police officer and two co-accused persons have been granted cash bail of Sh100,000 each in a case where they are charged with the murder of a farmhand. Retired Administration Police Commissioner of Police Michael Mbugua and his two co-accused persons have been in custody since they took plea in the matter.
The deceased was accused of stealing a wire mesh worth Sh1,000.
The suspects had applied for a review of their bail terms, which the court approved.
The hearing has been scheduled for July 23, 2025 and will take place at the scene of the alleged crime.
Mbugua, Christopher Njau Mbugua and Charles Kinyanjui Mbugua were charged with killing George Njui on December 23, 2024 at Riruta in Dagoretti, Nairobi County.
They all pleaded not guilty.
They had appeared before Justice Kanyi Kimondo where they were charged with killing George Njui on 23rd of December Last year at Riruta in Dagoretti, Nairobi County.
The police opposed their release on bail arguing that some of the key witnesses have been unwilling to be involved in the case out of fear of Mbugua who retired recently from the Administration Police Service.
The offence is said to have happened at the residence of the 1st Accused who is the biological father to the 2nd Accused and a foster parent to the 3rd Accused.
The police submitted that Mbugua had tampered with CCTV footage which captured the events of the fateful day at his home.
“That the Investigations from the DCI Photographic section have since established that the CCTV footage as installed at the home of the 1st Accused and which captured the commission of the said offence was tampered with before it was retrieved to aid in investigations,” reads the court documents.
“That a review of the CCTV footage has now revealed that only the events of the day of the incident being 23rd December 2023 were conveniently deleted before they were surrendered to the investigators.”