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Detectives, including their boss, Mr George Kinoti, say they cannot yet reveal their suspect in the abduction and murder as this could..
Obado’s case puts legal system that protects ‘big men’ on trial
The murder trial of Migori Governor Okoth Obado brings back memories of asymmetrical court fights involving powerful accused persons and powerless victims.
For example, in 1980, a 19-year old American sailor, Frank Sundstrom was charged in a Mombasa court with the murder of Monica Njeri, 32, a working girl he had met in a night club.
Later that night, the two retired to his room, where they quarrelled.
Sundstrom broke a beer bottle on Njeri’s head before repeatedly stabbing her with its pieces, the resulting injuries leading to her death.
Zacharia Okoth Obado, hereafter the Applicant, brought the present application dated 6th November, by way of a Notice of Motion, under the.
Sundstrom’s trial had attracted much media attention. There was significant outrage when, having admitted the killing, Sundstrom was fined Sh500 for manslaughter.
A more recent case involved Tom Cholmondeley, a descendant of the influential colonial settler, the Lord Delamare. No legal action followed when, in April 2005, Cholmondeley killed a Kenya Wildlif