A Nairobi Court has granted police seven more days to detain the primary suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo.
Milimani senior principal magistrate Zainab Abdul on Wednesday said the application by the police to continue detaining the alleged 16-year-old girl was merited as she was facing a serious offence.
In issuing the orders, Magistrate Zainab Abdul said it was crucial that police conclude investigations as the CCTV footage is yet to be analyzed.
“I allow the prosecution to continue holding the suspect for 7 more days as DNA samples from the blood-stained clothes from the suspect is yet to be concluded,” she said.
Abdul added that the issue of the minor’s age is yet to be established as her age assessment test is still pending.
The case will be mentioned on October 25.
On September, the same Court granted 14 days as sought by police to investigate her into the death of Maigo.
The girl was arrested on September 26, at the Olympic area within Kibera.
A miscellaneous application filed by Corporal Patrick Boge said that she was arrested following a report of murder at Woodly Annex in Kibra within Kilimani.
The officer told the court that on September 15, a report was made by one Amina Komara at Kibra police station that there was a commotion at house number 6 Woodley Estate Annex Upper of Kibra.
He said a team of police officers from Kilimani subcounty visited the crime scene and established that the deceased Eric Maigo,37, was lying with multiple stab wounds on the chest, face and neck and secured the scene.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased was in the company of the respondent herein before he was found murdered where she is suspected to have attacked the deceased while armed with kitchen knives,” the court was told.
