The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn charges against Stephen Wang'ondu, the 74-year-old tycoon from Nyeri accused of killing his son, Daniel Mwangi Wang’ondu, on January 1, 2021.
This follows the death of the accused at the Outspan Hospital in Nyeri, where he had been admitt
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A prominent Nyeri businessman has been charged with the brutal murder of his son.
Stephen Wang’ondu,75, was charged alongside four other suspects over the killing of his 33-year-old son Daniel Mwangi on New Year s Day.
Other suspects who were charged were James Mahinda, Geoffrey Warutumo, Eddy Kariuki and Raphael Wachira.
The five were accused of jointly killing Mwangi on January 1, this year at Mwiyogo area in Nyeri County, charges they all denied.
The five appeared before Justice Florence Muchemi at Nyeri High Court after psychiatric tests carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital s Othaya Annex, showed that the five were mentally stable to face murder charges.