A Kenyan magistrate confronted seven university students with pointed questions about alcohol consumption during a detention hearing following the death of their classmate. Chief Magistrate Dolphina Alego asked each defendant to justify their drinking habits after 23-year-old Lorna Kathambi Karani was found fatally injured at Harmony Plaza apartments in Ngara.
Police investigators told the court that Dennis Kariuki Gitonga, Louis Osiro, Lucy Mora, Ali Kabwana Kamaku, Precious Kendi Mutembei, Austin Ochieng and Wendy Kerubo appeared intoxicated when entering the building. Witnesses reported hearing singing and guitar playing from the 12th floor before a loud impact occurred. Security personnel discovered Karani with severe head trauma on the ground level.
Alego granted authorities seven days to gather surveillance recordings, examine mobile device records and complete autopsy procedures. The suspects will remain at Parklands Police Station while the investigation proceeds.
Police investigators told the court that Dennis Kariuki Gitonga, Louis Osiro, Lucy Mora, Ali Kabwana Kamaku, Precious Kendi Mutembei, Austin Ochieng and Wendy Kerubo appeared intoxicated when entering the building. Witnesses reported hearing singing and guitar playing from the 12th floor before a loud impact occurred. Security personnel discovered Karani with severe head trauma on the ground level.
Alego granted authorities seven days to gather surveillance recordings, examine mobile device records and complete autopsy procedures. The suspects will remain at Parklands Police Station while the investigation proceeds.
