{"id":147739,"date":"2018-06-28T14:53:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/kenyan-police-killed-aristocrat-alexander-monson\/"},"modified":"2018-06-28T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:53:03","slug":"kenyan-police-killed-aristocrat-alexander-monson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/kenyan-police-killed-aristocrat-alexander-monson\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan police ‘killed aristocrat Alexander Monson’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"AlexanderImage copyright Monson Family
Image caption Alexander Monson died in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of smoking cannabis <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A British aristocrat who died in custody in Kenya was beaten to death by police, an inquest has ruled.<\/p>\n

Alexander Monson, 28, son of Lord Nicholas Monson, was arrested for allegedly smoking cannabis in the Diani beach resort in May 2012.<\/p>\n

His family has always maintained he was killed by the police, while officers claimed he died of a drug overdose.<\/p>\n

Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Odenyo has recommended four officers be prosecuted.<\/p>\n

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According to the AFP news agency, Mr Odenyo said: "His death was not natural, neither was it due to drugs. <\/p>\n

"His life was cut short by the police and therefore, the director of public prosecution should prosecute the officers mentioned."<\/p>\n

The officers suspected of being involved - named as Naftali Chege, John Pamba, Charles Munyiri and Ismael Pamba - had also contradicted each other, Mr Odenyo said.<\/p>\n

He concluded the 28-year-old died from a blow to the head with a blunt object, inflicted while he was in custody.<\/p>\n

Mr Monson, who was the son of the 12th Baron Monson and heir to the family estate in Lincolnshire, moved to Kenya to live with his mother Hilary Monson in 2008.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Reuters
Image caption Hilary Monson and her husband John Lockhart sat in court during the ruling <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Giving evidence during the inquest in Mombasa she said her son had been arrested after a night out with friends on suspicion of smoking bhang, a form of cannabis.<\/p>\n

She was later told her son had been found on the floor of the police station convulsing.<\/p>\n

Mrs Monson told the inquest, which started in 2015, she visited her son in hospital where he was chained to a bed.<\/p>\n

"He was having very great difficulty breathing," she said.<\/p>\n

'Brutal attack'<\/h2>\n

In a statement issued on behalf of the family, Lord Monson said: "It is a cause for jubilation that the magistrate has delivered the correct verdict."<\/p>\n

"Alexander was unlawfully killed and the Kenyan police officers in post that night in Diani Police Station where he was held are being recommended for prosecution."<\/p>\n

He said his son was subjected to "a brutal attack" while in the care of police, and was "left lying unconscious in a cell and, later, behind the station's report desk having been denied medical attention and any semblance of decency".<\/p>\n

An independent pathologist hired by the family found Mr Monson died from a fatal blow to the back of his head.<\/p>\n

Toxicology reports also showed he had no drugs in his system at the time of his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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