Editor's Review

The judge ruled that a police officer is being paid to safeguard the life of citizens and not to take it.

Justice Jessie Lessit has handed the key mastermind of Lawyer Willie Kimani's murder Fredrick Leliman a death sentence.

In a ruling that was issued Friday, February 4, the judge ruled that a police officer is being paid to safeguard the life of citizens and not to take it.

The police officer was handed a death sentence for each count he faced. The murder of Lawyer Kimani, the court established, aimed at interfering with the process of justice.

Before the murder of Lawyer Kimani and his counterparts, the Judge established that they went through fear torture and excruciating pain as they waited for their turn to be killed.

FILE IMAGE Justice Jessie Lessit 

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"They could hear the screams of their colleague knowing that they were next, this must have caused them to fear," Lessit ruled.

"He was also the one who crafted a sophisticated plan to kill the Mwenda further saying Willie and driver Muiruri were not his targets but he killed them too not caring about their life."

Leliman co-accused Stephen Cheburet has been jailed for 30 years. Sylvia Wanjiku, also linked to the murder was handed 24 years. Police Informer Peter Ngugi was jailed for 20 years.

The court has considered the fact Ngugi's confession helped the police case