Murder suspect issues death threat in court

A camera-shy murder suspect threatened to kill journalists for photographing him as Kitui Resident Magistrate Rose Ombata watched. "I will kill somebody. These people filming me should be warned of my coming back. I am not done with you yet," yelled John Kilonzo Musyoka alias Karunyu Kimanzi, who caused chaos in the court for almost 30 minutes.

Karunyu and his co-accused Kimanzi Mutua are accused of murdering 12 people in Ndithini, Nyanyaa and Syonzale villages in Waita and Endui locations in Mwingi Central Constituency on July 3, 2013. The court ordered that Karunyu be examined by a psychiatrist at the Machakos Level Five Hospital to determine his mental status before taking plea. [PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/STANDARD]