A Swedish national suspected to have killed Juliet Kavinga, a Kenyan woman who was murdered in May 2005, is free. A Swedish appeals court ruled that there is no new evidence that could lead to a conviction. Fresh evidence that had been collected by the prosecution did not have any impact on a previous judgment that set the Swede
Read moreThe Juliet Kavinga murder trial continues. On Monday, a Kenyan called Winfred Karimi Mungatia (popularly known as “Winnie”, took the witness stand to narrate her last contacts with Juliet a few days before she was murdered. According to Winnie, she was supposed to meet Juliet on 14th May 2005 but Juliet never turned up. Police believe that Juliet was killed
Read moreA 34 year old Swedish national suspected to have killed Juliet Kavinga, a Kenyan national, may have been nailed. Police have come up with new evidence that indicates that the man was responsible for killing Juliet in May 2005. Juliet’s decomposed body was discovered floating on Lake Mälaren at Ekerö last July. When the case came to court, the
Read moreThe 35 year old Swedish national who has been facing trial for the murder of Juliet Kavinga, has been freed by the Court in Handen, Stockholm. Details will come out next week when judgment is delivered. According to news flashes in mainstream Swedish media, the suspect was released for “lack of evidence”. Tora Holst, the Prosecutor who spoke to both
Read moreAccording to Police investigations, the late Juliet Kavinga, a Kenyan citizen whose body was found floating at Lake Mälaren in the outskirts of Stockholm in August this year, was shot in the back at close range by her Swedish boyfriend before her body was packed in a tarpaulin and dumped at Ekerö. Juliet was seven months pregnant at the time
Read moreDeep sorrow dominated the mood at the memorial service of the late Juliet Kavinga, a 35 year old Kenyan who was murdered in Sweden by her Swedish boyfriend in May last year. The service was held on Friday September 12 at St Klara church in Stockholm. Juliet’s body was found last month floating on Lake Mälaren in the outskirts
Read moreAs had been predicted by Kenya Stockholm Blog, there were no court proceedings during judgment in the Juliet Kavinga murder case in Stockholm on Tuesday 14th November. The judgment was simply handed over on a piece of paper at the reception on the 3rd floor of the Court in Handen. Susan Kikaka, Juliet’s sister who arrived in
Read moreJuliet Kavinga arrived in Sweden in 2002 in the search for greener pastures. An opportunity came for the woman who hailed from Kavati village, Makueni District, in the form of a modest hairdressing job. More luck appeared to come her way when she entered into a relationship with a Swedish man. But the relationship ended in tragedy. Her boyfriend was
Read moreI would just like to convey my condolences to relatives and friends of the late Juliet Kavinga who was brutally murdered in Sweden. It is really sad that with all those African friends she had in Sweden nobody adviced her on how to go about getting help for her unborn child even though she was “illegal”. I wish somebody had
Read moreA 34 year old Swedish national who allegedly killed Juliet Kavinga, a Kenyan national, may have been nailed. In an Appeal case heard today at Handen Appeals court in Stockholm, Police came up with new and sensetional evidence that indicates that the man may have been responsible for killing Juliet. KSB workers are processing the story and it will be banged as soon as
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