A police officer in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday motioned to recuse a magistrate who had just revoked the cop’s wife’s bail in an unspecified criminal case, specifically by pulling out his service pistol and shooting the jurist, Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti, the BBC reports.
Bailiffs immediately moved to respond by shooting the cop dead. Kivuti took a round to the hip but is expected to recover fully. “As the judiciary family, we wish our colleague a quick recovery. We also send our condolences to the family of the officer who lost his life in this unfortunate incident,” said chief registrar of the judiciary Winfridah Mokaya following the heated courtroom exchange.