A British man who lives in Kenya’s Kilifi County is currently in the custody of law enforcement authorities following his re-arrest in connection with his wife’s death.
Mr. Simon Harold Shiels was arrested last Sunday and will be charged on Wednesday, May 24, for the suspected murder of his wife Jecinter Njoki in a 2018 road accident on the Thalathameli-Kaoyeni road in Ganda, Kilifi County.
According to the Daily Nation, this follows a directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to take over the file and charge the suspect with murder.
According to Kilifi County Criminal Investigation Officer Noah Katumo, it became clear that the suspect had a case to answer after new investigations and re-recording of statements.
“We launched our investigations, and the evidence amounts to murder,” Katumo said.
The tragic death of the mother of two occurred in 2018, but investigators say they have now discovered compelling evidence to support the suspect’s murder charge.
On the fateful day that the mother of two died, she had joined her husband at their farm in Kaoyeni village.
The couple allegedly argued, and Njoki left the farm on the same motorbike that had taken her there.
An angry Shiels is said to have trailed the woman using his vehicle, and though the boda boda rider attempted to evade his Mitsubishi, he kept pursuing them.
He then ran over them after they fell into a ditch. Njoki was later rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Witnesses in the case, including the boda boda rider and the woman’s children, have already recorded statements.