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A senior advocate of the High Court was found dead after he was accidentally crushed by his car outside the Kajiado Law Courts.
The body of Lawyer James Onchiri Nyaata was found under his car with visible head injuries, witnesses said of the October 21 incident.
Preliminary investigations show that he was last seen in a bar opposite the Kajiado Law Courts.
Police said they revisited the scene and reviewed CCTV footage that captured the moments leading to the death on October 21.
The footage shows that the Nyaata was seen drinking in a bar next to the Judiciary.
At around 21:26 pm Nyaata was seen being assisted by three people who placed him next to his vehicle at the rear side.
He was left with his messenger who was supposed to take him home.
Unfortunately, as per the CCTV footage, the said messenger was seen entering the deceased motor vehicle and reversed, running over the deceased.
His head was crushed.
The driver left him trapped under the said motor vehicle having been stepped on by the left rear tyre.
According to the police, the messenger having realised that he had run over the deceased person disappeared from the scene without reporting the matter to the police.
He was later arrested alongside the other four people who were with the advocate at the bar.
Police produced them in court and sought custodial orders to be remanded within Kajiado police station to assist in investigations.
This settled earlier fears the advocate was murdered.
He practised in Kajiado. Police said they have the right suspects in the matter and hope to have it settled soon.
The body was moved to a local mortuary pending investigation and autopsy, police said.
The family of the deceased and other colleagues had demanded justice in the matter.
by CYRUS OMBATI