A couple and their son detained for three days to allow probe into fatal assault of their daughter. [Courtesy]A couple suspected to have beaten their 15-year-old daughter to death have been detained for three days to allow police complete investigations. Nairobi Senior Resident Magistrate Jane Kamau ruled that it was a unique situation that the family of three had found themselves in and declined to give the prosecution seven days they had requested for to have them detained to complete investigations. I will allow the application to detain them for three days and not seven days as requested,” ruled Kamau. Take a surveyThe prosecution in their application requested for seven days to detain the family to complete investigations before deciding whether to bring up murder charges of murder against the father, mother and son.

Source: Standard Digital May 24, 2021 14:35 UTC