Written By John Mutiso 📝
The family of Lawrence Simon Warunge, the 22-year-old Mount Kenya University student who confessed to killing his parents, two siblings and a farmhand has opposed his application to be released on bail.
They have written to the court that Mr. Warunge has been threatening to kill his remaining family members even in custody, where he has been detained since his arrest.
According to his earlier confession to detectives during his interrogation, the court was also told that he planned to kill his two other sisters but couldn’t because they were in school.
Through his lawyer Ntenga Marube, Mr. Warunge has petitioned the Kiambu High Court for his release on bond.
”I spoke to my client and he wishes to apply for bond. We seek a pre-bail report,’’Mr Marube said through a notification submitted in court.
However, the Warunge family is adamant that their relative be freed on bond, claiming that he still plans to kill his remaining siblings.
“The Warunge and Njenga family have expressed that they do not wish for the accused to be released from custody throughout the length of the case. This is due to the following reasons: The accused, during his arrest, expressed that he had every intention to kill his remaining two sisters and other members of the family as well.
“The accused has, through different numbers that emanated from the remand prison threatened the life of his cousin and his family,” the Warunge family has told the court through their lawyer Ndindi & Nadida Advocates while opposing his bail or bond terms.
The family also said that the accused seemed not to be remorseful and if released he may carry out his words of killing his sisters, cousins and relatives.
The estranged young man now is yet to be sentenced as the magistrate awaits the full mental status of the accused and the dates of trial.
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