Suspected Nyandarua serial killer charged
Jassan Kariuki Theuri before a Nyahururu law court. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The 27-year-old man was on Monday charged with two counts of robbery with violence and attempted rape, coming after detectives failed to connect him with the bizarre murder incidences.
- The court was told that Theuri and his accomplices had dug a tunnel to access a room where the victim and her children were sleeping, stole the money and attempted to rape her.
Police have pressed robbery with violence charges on a Nyandarua man who was arrested in connection with a series of gruesome murders targeting women and children in Nyandarua and Laikipia counties.
Investigating Officer Peter Mukangai had on June 30, this year pleaded with the court to give detectives 21 days to hold Jassan Kariuki Theuri, a man arrested over robbery with violence, saying that he could be behind a series of murders in the region.
The 27-year-old man was on Monday charged before a Nyahururu court with two counts of robbery with violence and attempted rape, coming after detectives failed to connect him with the bizarre murder incidences.
The court heard that on June 28 this year at Nyakariang’a village in Nyandarua West, jointly with others who are still at large and while armed with a dagger and other crude weapons, they violently stole Sh200 from a victim (Phyllis Wanjiru Gikaru).
A second count stated that on June 28 this year, Mr Theuri while in company of others still at large, attempted to rape the victim at her Nyakariang’a village home in Nyandarua West.
The court was told that Theuri and his accomplices had dug a tunnel to access a room where the victim and her children were sleeping, stole the money and attempted to rape her.
Mr Theuri however denied the two counts before Nyahururu Chief Magistrate Judith Wanjala.
The magistrate ordered that the case be mentioned on July 16, 2020 for bond terms application.
