There was drama on the Milimani Regulation Courts after the previous Director of Operations on the Kenya Police Service John Edward Njeru punched a metropolis lawyer throughout a heated cross-examination session on Monday, September 27.
The 69-year-old was seemingly upset by the variety of questions that lawyer Alex Kimani was asking throughout cross-examination and responded by touchdown a heavy blow to the advocate’s stomach.
This occurred after the lawyer had petitioned the court docket to allow him to strategy the retired police boss in an effort to have him take a better take a look at some paperwork.
Upon nearing the complainant, Njeru took the chance to assault the lawyer who’s now affected by critical accidents after the incident.
He was stated to have been offended that Kimani was asking him too many questions in a case the place he was the witness.
After the ordeal, the court docket handed the witness a one-day jail time period whereas the lawyer was rushed to the hospital for medical help.
“After yesterday’s incident, my colleague (Kimani) developed a pointy ache in his stomach. He visited the hospital and was suggested by the physician to endure a scan this morning to establish the reason for the ache,” lawyer Waweru Benson elaborated to Principal Justice of the Peace Bernard Ochoi on Tuesday.
Waweru additional defined that this was not the primary time that Njeru had disrespected the court docket as he has made derogatory remarks to a prosecutor prior to now.
In mild of those info, the Justice of the Peace suggested Kimani to report the incident to the police and additional faulted the act.
The retiree is a complainant in a fraud case involving a cast certificates of lease for a chunk of land in Nanyuki.
“After the yesterday’s incident, my colleague (Kimani) developed a pointy ache in his stomach. He visited the hospital was suggested by the physician to endure a scan this morning to establish the reason for the ache.
“The accused particular person has a proper of presentation and nobody can cease that illustration both by phrase of mouth or assault because it occurred yesterday. Nobody is above the regulation. I’ve info that the complainant used abusive language to a prosecutor in a earlier court docket,” a lawyer advised the press.
Benson urged the prosecution to hitch the defence in condemning the motion and likewise requested the court docket to challenge an order for detention of Njeru for extra days till the matter is reported to the police
The Justice of the Peace nevertheless stated;
“Following the unlucky incident that occurred yesterday {that a} witness bodily confronted a lawyer, I ordered the witness to be detained for someday. I take discover that the lawyer is unwell as a result of incident and I urge him to report back to the closest police station for officers to hold out investigations and file a report in court docket.
“The motion is completely unacceptable on this court docket and it’s critically condemned.”
