Former Harambee Stars midfielder Collins “Gattuso’ Okoth and his co-accused Sylvia Aoko Odhiambo were arraigned in a Nairobi Court over the murder of a child in April 2024.
Immediately after the incident, Gattuso was charged at Makadara Law Courts, with defilement and murder of the baby on the night of April 22, 2024, when the child’s mother had allegedly stepped out of their rental house.
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Since being arrested, Okoth has been held in the Industrial Area Remand Prison while Aoko has been at Langata Women’s Prison after police requested that they be held for a longer period as they gathered evidence.
The two appeared before Milimani High Court Judge Alexander Muteti on Tuesday 23rd July 2024, facing charges of killing three-year-old Pamela Atieno alias Scovian Maya at her home in Lucky Summer Estate, Ruaraka, this is according to information given by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
“Mr. Okoth with the help of his co-accused alleged to have broken into the deceased’s parents’ rental house in Lucky Summer in the absence of her parents and committed the heinous act. Her lifeless body was later discovered dumped in a nearby residence,” stated the ODPP.
The pair were directed to undergo a mental assessment by Justice Muteti thereafter be presented in court on July 30, 2024, for plea-taking.
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