2 police officers who dumped body to conceal custodial death jailed for 35 years

The court heard that the officers attempted to conceal the crime by dumping the victim’s body in the river, where it was discovered in a decomposing state four days later. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..
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The High Court in Eldoret has sentenced two former police officers, Emmanuel Wafula Barasa and Godwine Wekesa Sirengo, to 35 years in prison each for the murder of 21-year-old Dennis Lusava. The officers tortured Lusava to death in police custody at Mbururu Police Post, Kakamega County, and then dumped his body in River Nzoia to conceal the crime.
- Dennis Lusava died on October 7, 2020, from severe internal injuries after being assaulted by the officers.
- The officers attempted to conceal the death by falsifying the Occurrence Book and dumping Lusava's body, which was found four days later in River Nzoia.
- Justice Reuben Nyakundi ruled the murder was committed with malice aforethought and that the officers acted with common intention.
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