Investigating Officer Reveals Toxic Marriage in Police Officer’s Murder Trial
Nzau testified that Lillian is accused of shooting her estranged husband to death using an AK-47 assault rifle she had been assigned to guard the Kenya Bureau of Standards, Eldoret branch.
Corporal Stephen Nzau,attached to the directorate of criminal investigation unit in Moiben Sub county giving evidence in chief against the administration police constable Lilian Biwott who is accused of killing her estranged husband Victor kipchumba in cold blood last year.
A female police officer accused of killing her estranged husband in cold blood last year had a troubled marriage with the deceased, an investigating officer in the murder case has told the Eldoret High Court.
Corporal Stephen Nzau, attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations unit in Moiben Sub County, testified before Justice Reuben Nyakundi, describing the relationship between Lillian Biwott and her deceased husband Victor Kipchumba as “toxic.”
Nzau recounted that Lillian, an administration police constable attached to the Infrastructural Police Unit in Turbo Sub County, had sought a transfer to another station to stay away from her violent and abusive husband. “The accused used to complain about frequent assaults by the deceased that resulted in bodily injuries at their rental house in Kimumu estate along the Eldoret-Iten highway,” stated Nzau.
He told the court of an incident on February 15, 2014, when the deceased stormed Ainabtich police station, where Lillian was stationed, and engaged her in a fight, causing serious injuries to her head and face. The incident occurred in the presence of Lillian’s colleagues, prompting them to arrest the assailant and detain him.
However, as the police were planning to press charges against the deceased, his parents intervened, pleading for his release, and promising to resolve the matter privately with Lillian’s parents.
Nzau testified that Lillian is accused of shooting her estranged husband to death using an AK-47 assault rifle she had been assigned to guard the Kenya Bureau of Standards, Eldoret branch. The mother of four allegedly committed the act on October 14, 2023, at Kimumu estate, Moiben Sub County, Uasin Gishu County.
According to Nzau, “Lillian pumped 12 live bullets into the body of her husband in their bedroom after an argument ensued between the couple.” He further stated, “Lillian left in a huff from the Kenya Bureau of Standards Eldoret branch building, where she had been assigned night duty, after receiving a distress call from her house girl.”
Nzau explained that from his investigations, he learned that the accused had informed her workmates about the disturbing information she received from her house girl regarding the safety of her children. “The accused was worried and decided to rush to her house on a motorbike after being informed that her estranged husband had threatened to slaughter their four children with a knife.”
Upon her arrival at the house, a quarrel ensued between the couple in front of their children and extended to their bedroom. “It was after the deceased flashed out a pen knife in an attempt to stab his wife that prompted the accused person to open fire, killing her husband in cold blood,” Nzau testified. He noted that the pen knife was recovered from the shelf in the couple’s house and used as an exhibit in the murder trial.
Justice Nyakundi directed that a status conference will be held on July 31.
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