Pain was written on the faces of Sharon’s loved ones as old wounds that are yet to heal were opened in the most graphic manner.
Governor Obado sat in court, pensively, almost indifferent, as he worked on his phone as the prosecution laid out its case against the accused.
“We will demonstrate to you, my Lady, beyond reasonable doubt that an offence of murder was committed and two innocent lives were cut short. Sharon is not just a victim adding to some statistics. I have come to know her as a mother, daughter, big sister, friend, wife, feeder of the family and an ambitious university student, who wanted good for herself and children,” Catherine Mwaniki, who is prosecuting the case, made her opening remarks.
Deadly role
Mwaniki told Justice Cecilia Githua she intends to prove that indeed the governor, alongside the co-accused, conspired and murdered the Rongo University student and her unborn baby. Sharon’s father, Douglas Otieno, listened attentively as the pathologist took the court through a post-mortem report.
“We will further prove the deadly role played by the second and third accused persons being PA to Governor Obado in ensuring that Sharon and baby were brutally killed,” she said.
Mwaniki said they will also show and demonstrate the meeting prior to the murder, during the fatal day and a day after the killing and the conspiracy that led to the material day, showing how Sharon was lured by persons purporting to call her for a meeting pretending to solve her financial problems.
It was a tear-jerking moment when Oduor, who performed the post-mortem, revealed details about Sharon’s body in court, complete with graphics and photographs, with her portrait hanging in court, as he made the presentation.
So disturbing were the details that Obado, who is represented by Senior Counsel Kioko Kilukumi, avoided looking at the images as the pathologist displayed them. Oyamo is represented by Senior Counsel Tom Ojienda.
The court heard that Sharon died due to severe bleeding ocassioned by penetrating force trauma. “The body was unclothed, but there were some clothes provided separately; a white jumper suit with Adidas label, white bra, white under wear and blue sleepons. The clothes were all blood stained,” he told the court.
Her body was flaccid and there was skin slipping off at the back of her arms and the legs, the pathologist went on.
Markedly pale
“There was also discolouration. She was markedly pale, which indicates there was significant loss of blood,” said Oduor.
