Willie Kimani Murder Case

Fredrick Leliman Handed Death Sentence, Co-Accused Jailed For 30, 24 And 20 Years
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Fredrick ole Leliman, a police officer believed to have been the mastermind of the brutal murder
of Lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and driver Joseph Muiruri in 2016 has
been sentenced to death .His former colleagues and co-accused Stephen Cheburet Morogo and
Sylvia Wanjohi who were also found guilty of the murder have been sentenced to 30 and 24
years respectively.

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Delivering the long-awaited verdict on Friday, Justice Jessie Lessit singled out Fredrick ole
Leliman for acting "in flagrant abuse of his office" as a police officer and masterminding the
murder.

Leliman has been sentenced to death while his former colleagues and co-accused Stephen
Cheburet Morogo and Sylvia Wanjohi who were also found guilty of the murder have been
sentenced to 30 and 24 years respectively.

At the same time, their informant, who is believed to have helped facilitated the execution of the
brutal nurder of the three, received a 20-year prison term.

Justice Lessit said the killing of Lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and driver
Joseph Muiruri was "a most foul murder, an execution that was most heinous."

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Justice Lessit-

The prosecution produced in court 46 witnesses to testify against the accused persons who in
their defence brought forth 36 witnesses to defend them from the charges.

Lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Mwenda and the taxi driver were abducted after leaving
Mavoko Law Courts in Machakos County on June 23, 2016, where Mwenda had filed a case
against Fredrick Leliman.

The three were bundled into a vehicle and taken to Syokimau Police Post where they were
locked up before they were later smuggled out and driven to a location where they were brutally
murdered.Their lifeless bodies were stashed in sacks and transported to a river in Ol Donyo
Sabuk where they were dumped only to be recovered a week later on June 30 and July 1, 2016.