This archive report was first published on 16 July 2020.
On July 16, 2020, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) applied to terminate the case against Omar Lali, the 54-year-old boyfriend of the late Tecra Muigai, who died in May.
The DPP's decision came after reviewing toxicological evidence, detailed postmortem reports, phone records, documentary exhibits, and witness statements.
Lead prosecutor Eddie Kadebe and his colleague Zakaria Kiongo had initially stated that they were satisfied with the evidence to have Lali take a plea for murder.
Tecra, the daughter of Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja, died in May after suffering cerebral oedema resulting from a fall on April 27 from a staircase at a house she shared with Lali in Lamu.
