Former police Sergeant Fredrick Ole Leliman has been sentenced to death for the murder of lawyer Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwendwa and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri in 2016.
According to Judge Jessie Lessit, the murder of the three was premeditated.
In her judgement, Justice Lessit ruled that the three were brutally tortured and sentenced Leliman's other convicts; Stephen Cheburet, Sylvia Wanjiku and Peter Ngugi to 30, 24 and 20-year prison sentences respectively.
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