This archive report was first published on 15 July 2020.
On July 15, 2020, a Nyandarua man was charged with robbery with violence and attempted rape in connection with a series of gruesome murders targeting women and children in Nyandarua and Laikipia counties.
Investigating Officer Peter Mukangai had earlier pleaded with the court to give detectives 21 days to hold Jassan Kariuki Theuri, a man arrested over robbery with violence, saying that he could be behind a series of murders in the region.
The 27-year-old man was charged before a Nyahururu court with two counts of robbery with violence and attempted rape, coming after detectives failed to connect him with the bizarre murder incidences.
According to the court, on June 28, 2020, Theuri and his accomplices dug a tunnel to access a room where the victim and her children were sleeping, stole Sh200 from the victim (Phyllis Wanjiru Gikaru), and attempted to rape her.
Theuri denied the two counts before Nyahururu Chief Magistrate Judith Wanjala, who ordered that the case be mentioned on July 16, 2020, for bond terms application.
Source: Nation.co.ke
