Kenyan police officers taken off Alexander Monson case

It was not immediately clear if the men would be moved to other active duty
elsewhere in Kenya, or would be suspended for the duration of the
investigation.

Mr Monson was the son of Nicholas, the 12th Baron Monson of Burton.

Lord Monson has received assurances from senior Kenyan politicians, including
George Saitoti, the internal security minister, that his son’s death would
be thoroughly investigated.

But police sources have said that the investigation is already “finalised”
into how Mr Monson died within hours of being arrested, for smoking cannabis.

“The team has finalised its investigation and recommendation made”,
a police officer “privy to the inquiry” told Kenya’s Daily Nation
newspaper.

“The suspect was booked appearing normal and our report has proved police
officers had collaborated with some prisoners in custody to torture the
suspect.

“The information about Mr Monson is a top secret and is being handled by
very few officers who have access to the Occurrence Book (OB), which all
suspects are booked for criminal cases.”

It is unlikely that Mr Monson’s family will be satisfied with explanations
that place the blame for his injuries on other arrested men detained with
him, after repeated reports that police officers themselves were responsible.

Ambrose Munyasia, head of the Criminal Investigations Department in Mombasa,
the provincial headquarters for Kenya’s coast, refused to comment last night.

Other police spokesmen could not be reached, but they have consistently denied
that any officer assaulted Mr Monson.

Mr Monson had lived in Kenya for four years with his mother, who is separated
from his father, and had recently established two business with a close
friend.

More than 200 people flew from four continents for his memorial service ten
days ago, which was held at his mother’s property on the Indian Ocean south
of Diani.

The town is one of Kenya’s most popular beach resorts, but there have been
regular complaints that corrupt police officers arrest tourists for minor
crimes and then attempt to extort bribes. Police commanders deny this.

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