Former Nakuru prison warder sentenced to death for violent robbery
Kenya Prisons Services warden attached to Nakuru GK Prison Gerald Munyao is escorted from Nakuru Law Courts on May 21, 2015 after he was handed a death sentence for robbery with violence. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Senior Resident Magistrate Maroro Nyakuindi said the case had been proved beyond reasonable doubt.
- He said the warder, Mr Mr Gerald Munyao Ng’aa, had betrayed his oath of office by endangering the lives of innocent people.
- Mr Munyao was convicted of robbing a medical consultant Dr James King’ori on October 13, 2013 within London estate in Nakuru.
- Mr Munyao was arrested together with the woman who was later identified as the one who had lured Dr King’ori into a trap.
A former prison warder has been sentenced to death for violently robbing a medical consultant with the World Health Organisation two years ago.
Senior Resident Magistrate Maroro Nyakuindi said the case had been proved beyond reasonable doubt.
He said the warder, Mr Mr Gerald Munyao Ng’aa, had betrayed his oath of office by endangering the lives of innocent people instead of keeping criminals away from them.
Mr Munyao was convicted of robbing a medical consultant Dr James King’ori on October 13, 2013 within London estate in Nakuru and forcefully took away a double cabin vehicle worth Sh4.46 million.
The court ruled that the accused had been directly linked to the offence and was positively identified by his victims as the one who committed the offence before he was later arrested in Kapsabet with the stolen vehicle.
In his evidence in chief, Dr King’ori said that he was drinking at a local pub when he was joined by a young woman and as a gentleman, he offered her a drink and later offered her a lift to her residence at London estate.
MEN ARMED WITH PISTOLS
“I was taken aback when the gate opened only to see two men armed with pistols coming towards me.
“I was forced to move to the back seat while one of them took charge of the vehicle before they later dropped me at a secluded area and they drove off at high speed,” he recalled.
He reported the incident the following day and the vehicle’s tracking system was activated which helped police to locate it driving towards Kapsabet.
Police were informed and they laid ambush in Kapsabet.
A road block was set up which forcing the three occupants in the vehicle to alight and were apprehended as they attempted to flee.
Mr Munyao was arrested together with the woman who was later identified as the one who had lured Dr King’ori into a trap.
The woman was however acquitted after police failed to connect her with the offence while Mr Munyao was identified as the one who had the firearm that Dr King’ori identified as the one used to hit him on the head.
