The defence insisted that Mr Ngugi was coerced into recording his 21-page statement, but the prosecution said he did it willingly. The defence insisted that Mr Ngugi was coerced into recording his 21-page statement, but the prosecution said he did it willingly. The defence added that Mr Ngugi was forced to record the confession in order to be made a prosecution witness. Mr Kinyua was the first to take the stand Monday while Mr Clement Mwangi, a police officer who arrested Mr Ngugi, was the second. Mr Kinyua told the court that Mr Ngugi approached him on August 9, 2016 through a colleague identified as Inspector Mwangi, wishing to record a confession.

Source: Daily Nation February 18, 2019 21:56 UTC