PREMIUM How Sh1.9m job promise ended in murder Ex-Kilifi county employee, two others convicted in murder of businessman. Kilifi Just now

The judge found that bank statements and M-Pesa records established a clear financial trail linking the deceased to Mandi, corroborating oral testimony that the payments were made in pursuit of the promised job and establishing the motive for the murder.

Photo credit: Pool | Nation The judge observed that although no witness saw the accused persons kill the deceased, the evidence presented in court formed an unbroken chain that irresistibly pointed to their guilt.

Photo credit: File | Nation The court, however, found that the confessions were voluntary and were independently corroborated by electronic evidence, call data records, forensic findings and the circumstances surrounding the recovery of the deceased's body.