The prime suspect and lover in the murder of Olympian Agnes Tirop, will remain in police custody for 20 more days.
Ibrahim Rotich was arraigned before Iten Magistrate Charles Kutwa where the prosecution sought more time to detain him.
The court directed that the accused be detained at Railways Police Station in Eldoret.
He will also undergo a mental assessment at Eldoret Teaching and Referral Hospital.
The case will be mentioned on November 9.
Tirop was stabbed to death in her house in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County last week.
Her husband, who had gone missing after the murder, was arrested in Changwamwe, Mombasa last week.
Rotich was nabbed while trying to flee to a neighboring country to evade justice.
The house where Tirop was found dead with a stab wound on the neck remains a crime scene as police finalize investigations.
Homicide detectives had on Saturday collected CCTV cameras from the home of Tirop in Iten town, as Rotich, who was arrested in Mombasa was moved to the region.
The murder shocked the athletics fraternity.
*This article was written by Henry Kimoli for Uzalendo News. Email: uzalendonews24@gmail.com to submit your story.
