Enhancing pills were yesterday found near the body of Court of Appeal Judge James Otieno Odek after being found dead in his Kisumu apartment.
A confidential police report indicated that Odek left his apartment alone on Friday, drove to an unknown destination alone and returned late on Friday.
“SOMETIMES HE DRIVES ALONE,” THE SOURCE SAID
On Saturday, a house help visited for a routine clean-up but nobody opened the door and she left.
“SHE RANG THE DOORBELL AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.IT IS SUSPECTED THE JUDGE COULD HAVE DIED ON FRIDAY,” THE SOURCE SAID.
The 53-year-old jurist was found face-up naked in his bed, with a blanket drawn up below his chest.
Three sex-enhancing tablets, in a packet of six, had been taken but it was not known by whom or when, a police report seen by the Star said.
Odek was lying with one hand behind his head.
Blood was oozing from his private parts and from his left ear and a hand was bruised, a police source who broke into the house said.
It had been locked from inside.
Justice Odek was among the three bench judges alongside Justice Milton Makhandia and Patrick Kiage handling the Kibos pollution appeal case.
The case was due for judgment on December 19. Three Kisumu East residents, Benson Adega, Eric Ochieng’ and Bether Opiyo, sued the sugar factory in October last year.
Odek was also handling the appeal in the Sh2.3 billion Miwani land fraud case by five suspects, who were put on their defence after their acquittal.
source: Mpasho
