Tuesday, January 10, 2012

OCS ‘kills man’ in brawl over barmaid



By Daniel Nzia and Onesmus Nzioka

Residents of Makindu town blocked the Mombasa Highway protesting the killing of a charcoal seller by a police officer.
Tension remained high in the town as irate residents lit bonfires on the road demanding the arrest of the Makindu OCS, Samuel Sericho, who shot one Sammy Macharia in a bar in the town on Sunday night.
Eastern Provincial Police Officer Marcaris Ochola confirmed the incident and said the officer will face the law.
He warned that no police officer will be allowed to take the law in their hands against the subjects they are supposed to guard, adding the officer will be arraigned before a Machakos court this morning.
Pumped bullets
The Makindu OCS is said to have rushed to Joy Guest house in the town at about midnight after a barmaid allegedly called him following an argument with the deceased.
He reportedly first shot the victim on the shoulder before he pumped three other bullets into his body.
Eyewitnesses said revellers in the guesthouse scampered for safety leaving the OCS and the barmaid who people claimed was his girlfriend.
"He continued drinking as the body of the slain man lay in a pool of blood as if nothing had happened," a reveller who did not wish to be named told The Standard.
Drunken officer
The OCPD led a team of officers to the scene where they found the drunken OCS sleeping on the counter. They disarmed and arrested him.
The barmaid was also arrested. Both were taken to Makindu Railway police station.
On Monday senior police officers who included a top detective from the PPO’s office Embu, Mr Amos Teben, DCs Naomi Mwangi (Makindu), Joseph Sawe (Kibwezi) and Makueni OCPD Joshua ole Leina visited the scene and launched investigations.
Teben said the motive of the killing is yet to be established but preliminary investigation revealed the officer was drunk at the time of the incident.
Speaking on behalf of the PPO, Teben appealed for calm as police carry out investigation into the night incident.

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