Suspected serial killer tortured – lawyer

A man described as a ‘serial killer’ by Kenya's police was tortured into making a confession, his lawyer has told a court in Nairobi. As previously reported in Legalbrief Today, police said that Collins Khalusha confessed to having killed 42 women since 2022, including his wife, after his arrest on Monday. He was detained following the recent discovery of nine mutilated bodies at an abandoned quarry in Nairobi. BBC News reports that prosecutors denied that he had been mistreated and the court said the suspect could be held for a month, pending further investigations. Khalusha’s lawyer, John Ndegwa, said his client had been molested by officers and it was ‘laughable’ to suggest that he had confessed. He said he hoped the confession would be expunged from the court records. ‘He says he was strangled to confess. You could tell he was in distress, terrified and in anguish,’ Ndegwa said.