The High Court in Nairobi has ordered a fresh hearing of the murder case against self-confessed serial killer Philip Onyancha.
The court also ordered that the matter be taken before head of criminal division for further directions.
While giving the ruling, Justice James Wakiaga declared a mistrial in the case against the alleged “man-eater” where the accused had been charged with three murder counts.
Onyancha allegedly confessed to killing 19 people but however denied three other murder charges where he was charged alongside Tobias Nyabuhanga Aradi and Douglas Obiero Makori.
They denied the charges of killing a 14-year-old boy Anthony Njirwa Muiruri and Jacqueline Chepngetich on May 30, 2008.
Police arrested Onyancha in 2010 after he confessed to killing over 17 people.