Medical doctor accused of killing client to be held on detention pending bail application judgement. [Photo: uwplatt.com]The High Court in Nairobi yesterday ordered detention until November 1 of a city medical doctor charged with the torturing and murdering of a KRA lawyer.
Justice Stella Mutuku ordered David Mwangi remain in Muthaiga police custody after the court was told he needs to hand over his patient files to other doctors at the Fig Tree Medical Centre before he can be taken to Industrial Area Prison, the Star reports.
Justice Mutuku on Tuesday directed the accused to appear before trial judge Jessie Lessit on November 1 for his bail application.
Mwangi denied murdering lawyer Ratemo Mokua, who was a KRA employee. Mokua’s death allegedly was linked to an investigation he was carrying out, the Star adds.
The murder is said to have occurred on July 11 at the Fig Tree Medical Centre in Ngara, Starehe subcounty, Nairobi. It is said Mokua and his wife ran a law firm that operates from Ngara.
The 46-year-old doctor is accused of killing Mokua at his clinic, where he was undergoing treatment before he went missing.
His body was dumped along Mombasa Road at the junction with Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. According to police, a postmortem revealed Mokua had been tortured, injected with an unknown substance and strangled, the Star further reports.
He suffered injuries inflicted by a blunt object to his neck, face and genitals, which were crushed. The report said marks around his neck indicated strangulation.