Suspect storms court with ‘bodyguards’

Armed flying squad police officers arrest ten board guards that accompanied the murder suspect Henry Waswa at the Bungoma law courts on 23/3/2015. Waswa is facing murder charges for allegedly killing a Mombasa University College student last year. [PHOTO:TITUS OTEBA/STANDARD]

Bungoma, Kenya: Residents were treated to drama at the Bungoma Law Courts when a murder suspect accompanied by 10 “body guards” were ordered to lie on the grass by Flying Squad officers as a search for guns was carried on them.

The suspect, Henry Waswa, a prominent businessman, is accused of killing a university student in Kimilili last year and had been released on bond.