Three former police officers and a civilian are due to be sentenced by a Kenyan court for the 2016 murder of renowned human rights attorney Willie Kimani.
Last year, a jury found the four defendants—Fredrick Leliman, Stephen Cheburet, Sylvia Wanjiku, and Peter Ngugi—guilty of killing Mr. Kimani, his client Josephat Mwendwa, and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri.
The late lawyer’s wife and family have already arrived at the crowded courthouse in Nairobi, the country’s capital.
After being dumped in a river outside of Nairobi, the bodies of Mr. Kimani and the other two victims were discovered.
The lawyer was defending Mr Mwendwa, a motorbike taxi driver who had accused Mr Leliman – one of the three officers found guilty – of shooting him for no reason at a traffic stop in 2015.
Mr Kimani, Mr Mwendwa and Mr Muiruri were last seen on 23 June 2016 at a police station.
Their mutilated bodies were recovered two weeks later in a river almost 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the city.
The sentencing comes at a time when Kenya’s police service is under yet more scrutiny over extrajudicial killings and abductions.
President William Ruto has already disbanded several special units accused of civilian murder and kidnapping.