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Police probe incident involving judge
The chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Tana Delta Clashes Lady Justice Grace Nzioka (right) addresses a news conference in Mombasa December 4, 2012. The judge was ambushed as she drove into her Hardy home, Nairobi January 24, 2013. FILE
Police are investigating an incident in which a High Court judge was last night ambushed by five heavily armed gangsters in Nairobi.
Lady Justice Grace Nzioka was accosted by the thugs as she drove into her home in Hardy Estate, Nairobi at around 10.30pm. The thugs forced their way into her compound and held the judge hostage for hours.
She was alone at the time of the incident.
The gangsters stole household goods including laptops, and other electronics
Investigators have been sent to her home and are dusting the scene of crime for fingerprints.
No arrests have been made.
Lady Justice Nzioka was the chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into the Tana Delta clashes.
The Commission is preparing its final report before handing it to President Kibaki.