A forensic examiner on Thursday told a Nairobi Court that it’s impossible to give details regarding the shooting of Late Kabete MP George Muchai from the CCTV footage he had presented in court as evidence.
Chief Inspector Jackson Cheboi told Trial Judge Kanyi Kimondo that from the footage, he could not tell the time when Muchai’s vehicle came to a standstill.
He said the video footage was not clear owing to the technology that was being used at the time.
He said he does not know the vehicle that brought the assassins along Kenyatta Avenue and Uhuru Highway intersection where Muchai was allegedly shot.
Muchai is said to have been murdered on the morning of February 7, 2015. He was shot dead together with his bodyguard and driver.
Those on trial over his murder are Eric Isabwa alias chairman, Raphael Kimani alias Kim Butcher, Mustapha Kimani alias Musto, Stephen Astiva alias Chokore, Jane Wanjiru alias Shiro, Margaret Njeri and Simon Wambugu. They have however denied the charges.
Cheboi told the court that CCIO Nairobi had on February 2, 2015, requested an expert to assist in the extraction of the CCTV footage mounted at Teleposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue, Uhuru highway.
As an expert in his field, he said a forensic examiner usually assists the court in analyzing electronic evidence.
But in as much as he was able to access and assess the footage, he told the court he was unable to tell for how long the car that came with the assassins stayed at the scene of the alleged crime. He was also not able to tell how many people alighted from the intruding car.
He also said he was not able to capture any human movement from the footage owing to the technology used at the time.
“You can't see much activity but there is a vehicle standing... Hazard is on and another coming in,” he said after reviewing the video footage in court.
Hearing continues.
