Body by design directors to face manslaughter charges over botched surgery death

Lucy Wambui died a few days after she reportedly underwent surgery at Nairobi's Body by Design Hospital. [Courtesy]

A Kibera court has summoned the two directors of Omnicare Medical, also known as Body by Design, a plastic and cosmetic surgery clinic to appear in person on Wednesday to face manslaughter charges over the alleged botched surgery that led to the death of a social media influencer Lucy Wambui Kamau.

Principal Magistrate Samson Temu issued the summons after the suspects George Wakaria Njoroge, Lilian Edna Wanjiru, and Robert Maweu Mutula, a surgeon at the clinic failed to appear for plea-taking on Tuesday.