Noah Nyakundi, the eldest son of embattled lawyer Assa Nyakundi, is said to have apologised to the family over sensational claims that his father intentionally killed his younger brother Joseph Nyakundi.
A family member told the Nation that Mr Noah, a lawyer who practices along with his father, was remorseful over social media comments he had made before deleting the post.
“That is the tragedy of social media. It was simply an emotional reaction and Noah has since sobered up and is regretting so much about it,” said another relative.
According to police report, Mr Nyakundi had claimed that he unknowingly shot dead his son when he was putting his pistol into safety after the two attended a church service.
But postmortem report carried out by government pathologist Johansen Oduor, contradicts Nyakundi's claims, adding that the deceased might have been confronted before being shot from outside the vehicle.
Mr Nyakundi's brother, Eliud Nyakundi, said the disgraced lawyer has never mishandled his gun throughout his life. He also said that the family had advised his to be armed due to sensitive cases he was handling.
“For all this time, he has handled his firearm well and at no single time did he misuse it. He is a person of stable mind and does not suffer anger or annoyance,” said Eliud.
He is representing in court Nyeri Magistrate Pauline Omungala, who is accused of killing her husband, Robert Chesang.
He is also in the defence team for three Chinese nationals who were in January arrested for illegal possession of wildlife trophies.