The key mastermind in the Willie Kimani murder case, Administration Police officer Fredrick Leliman, has asked the victims’ families to forgive him for their sons’ deaths.
Leliman, through his lawyer Cliff Ombeta, said in mitigation before Justice Jessie Lessit that he regrets the events of that day and is deeply sorry for the loss of life.
Leliman expressed regret for the 2016 murders of Willie, his driver Joseph Muiruri, and client Josephat Mwenda.
“He apologizes to the family members, My Lady; in order for them to heal, they must first forgive,” explained his Lawyer.
Ombeta testified in court that Leliman has been reflecting on the events of that day for the last six years and regrets that they ever happened.
He claims that this has caused him ulcers and that he has suffered as a result, and he has asked the court to look at him with pitying and forgiving eyes.
Leliman claims to be a religious man who has spent the last six years in prison reforming.
The East African Country will forever remember the dark morning in June 2016 when human rights activists from all walks of life peacefully demonstrated along the streets of Nairobi demanding answers from the Inspector general of Police, the DCI and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions as to who assassinated Willie Kimani and why.
The answers to the questions were not imminently provided but the then president of Kenya ordered a task force to investigate and bring to books the killers.
This task force led to the arrest and prosecution of four police officers including; AP officer Sylvia Wanjiku, Fredrick Leliman, AP Stephen Cheburet, Leonard Mwangi, and a civilian informer Peter Ngungi.
Upon the conclusion of the prosecution, the High Court of Kenya convicted three of the police officers and the civilian informer. The other Police officer, Leonard Mwangi, was acquitted for lack of evidence linking him to the murder.
