- However, the court was told did not give any information on the suspects age assessment.
- On Wednesday last week, police were allowed to continue detaining the 16-year-old girl citing that she was facing a serious offence.
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The DPP has recommended murder charges against the main suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo.
Milimani senior principal magistrate Gilbert Shikwe on Wednesday, marked the miscellaneous file as closed after the prosecution said they had concluded their investigations against the suspect.
However, the court was told not to give any information on the suspect's age assessment.
The court directed the matter to be handled by the High Court at her plea-taking stage.
The girl has, however, yet to be charged as the charge sheet has not been uploaded.
On Wednesday last week, police were allowed to continue detaining the suspect citing that she was facing a serious offence.
While granting the request, the court said it was crucial that police conclude investigations as the CCTV footage was yet to be analysed.
"I allow the prosecution to continue holding the suspect for 7 more days as DNA samples from the blood-stained clothes from the suspect is yet to be concluded," the magistrate said.
The suspect has been in police custody for almost a month as police sought to investigate her role in the death of Maigo.
The girl was arrested on September 26, at the Olympic area within Kibera.
A miscellaneous application filed by Corporal Patrick Boge said that she was arrested following a report of murder at Woodly Annex in Kibra within Kilimani.
The 0fficer told the court that on September 15, a report was made by one Amina Komara at Kibra police station that there was a commotion at house number 6 in Woodley Estate Annex Upper of Kibra.
He said a team of police officers from Kilimani subcounty visited the crime scene and established that the deceased Eric Maigo,37, was lying with multiple stab wounds on the chest, face and neck and secured the scene.
"Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased was in the company of the respondent herein before he was found murdered where she is suspected to have attacked the deceased while armed with kitchen knives," the court was told.
Boge said investigations indicate that the minor was among the group that orchestrated the violence which resulted in the death of the deceased.
The police officers who visited the crime scene did recover the murder weapons.
"The continued detention of the respondent is immensely necessary for the furtherance and finalising of the investigations, his release could further lead to interference with the investigation," Boge said in his affidavit.
He added that he is yet to record statements from the key witnesses, take fingerprints, do photo profiling, ascertain her previous criminal record, take the respondent for DNA sampling for analysis by the government chemist, trace and arrest respondent associates.
The officer said he also needed to escort the girl for mental assessment/age assessment and subject her to a medical examination to ascertain injuries inflicted when escaping from the crime scene.