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Chief: I found suspect with bloody knife

Activist Elizabeth Ekaru. Patrick Naweet is alleged to have stabbed Ekaru several times. [File, Standard]

A senior Assistant Chief has testified before a Meru court against a man accused of killing activist Elizabeth Ekaru in January last year.

Habiba Hassan narrated to Justice Edward Muriithi of the Meru High Court how Ms Ekaru, a 45-year-old widow and mother of five, was killed by Patrick Naweet by stabbing.

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