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Man who stabbed magistrate in Nakuru court admits attempted murder charge

Michael Kuhora Njeri at Nakuru Law court on November 23,2016 when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Josephat Kalo to answer charges of attacking a Magistrate. He accepted three of the six counts he was charged with. The court denied him bond and was taken to Nakuru GK prison.The case will continue on November 25,2016. (PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH/ STANDARD)

A man who attacked a magistrate in a Nakuru court after a sentence to three years imprisonment was pronounced on him has admitted to have attempted to kill the magistrate and the complainant during the conclusion of a case of assault he was facing.

Michael Kuhora Njeri who was arraigned in court early yesterday under tight security pleaded guilty to the attempted murder charges before Chief magistrate Josephat Kalo.

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