Dr Nisha Sapra at the Milimami law courts on April 14 2025 during the hearing of a case in which she is charged with killing her husband Yogesh Madan Sapra.
A retired police officer has told a Nairobi court that a young man witnessed his mother stab his father 17 years ago.
Testifying at the trial of Dr Nisha Sapra, who is charged with manslaughter in the death of Yogesh Madan Sapra, Mr Harrison Gikandi said their son – Rishi – witnessed the incident as his bedroom was next to his parents' bedroom.
Yogesh died of injuries sustained during a farewell party at his Lower Kabete residence on the night of August 20, 2008.
Mr Gikandi said Mr Rishi, who is undergoing psychological treatment, had recorded a statement with the police about the incident.
He added that he collected a blood-stained carpet and bedsheets from for analysis. He gave the items to a government analyst for DNA sampling.
The witness produced the government analyst's report, which stated that the DNA samples taken from Yogesh's body matched those taken from the carpet and bed linen.
“The blood samples collected from the carpet and bedsheets matched the blood of Yogesh," Mr Gikandi testified.
He also produced a medical report from Nairobi Hospital which showed that Yogesh had died from stab wounds to his stomach and armpit.
Asked by the prosecutor Willy Momanyi who could have stabbed Yogesh, Mr Gikandi said, “The only person who could have stabbed Yogesh was his wife, who is seated in the dock”.
The retired officer said there were other guests at the party but Rishi witnessed the incident.
Mr Momanyi told the court that Rishi, who now lives in Toronto, Canada, will testify via a video link as directed by the High Court on May 15, 2023.
Under cross-examination by Senior Counsel Kioko Kilukumi, Mr Gikandi admitted that he did not investigate Nairobi Hospital for the way it handled Yogesh after he was rushed to the facility.
“This is a case of medical negligence and the doctor who was handling the deceased is under investigation," Kilukumi said.
The lawyer asked the prosecution whether the doctor who treated the deceased would testify, as he was allegedly accused of negligence.
A post-mortem report by pathologist Dr Jane Wasike and another one allegedly indicated that Yogesh died of a bacterial infection in the blood (septicaemia).
Following the investigations, Mr Gikandi said an inquest was held into the death and a former senior resident magistrate, Timothy Okelo, recommended that Nisha be charged with murder.
The offence was later reduced to the lesser charge of manslaughter by Justice Muga Apondi, now retired.
Nisha denied killing her husband and is out on bond.
