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Court declines to defer charges against officers in Pendo's case

Justice Daniel Ogembo said that the suspects should proceed and answer to charges. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

A criminal court has rejected an application by 12 police officers to defer charges against them over the death of baby Pendo in Kisumu in 2017.

In his ruling, Justice Daniel Ogembo said that the suspects should proceed and answer to charges even as they challenge the Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji in a separate court.

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