By Grace Gilo
A former police officer has been sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of murder by the High Court sitting in Lodwar.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), represented by the In-Charge of Turkana County, Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Edward Kakoi, presented 7 witnesses to testify in support of the case.
The court heard that on the 12th day of January 2021, at Kakong area, Kainuk Division within Turkana South Sub-County, the accused, Wilfred Kibichy Too, who at the time was a police officer attached to Kakong Police Post, murdered Susan Nasiru Emure.
In delivering the judgment, Honourable Justice Nyakundi remarked: “Were it that in Kenya the death sentence was carried out, I would have sentenced him to death.”
Evidence presented in court indicated that the accused had gone to a local bar, where he consumed alcohol and refused to pay his bill.
“A physical altercation ensued between him and Ms. Susan, the bar’s female owner, during which he was struck on the head and sustained a bleeding injury,” stated the ODPP.
“Following the incident, he proceeded to his house, retrieved his service firearm, returned to the premises, and discharged several rounds at the woman, fatally wounding her on the spot,” added the ODDP.