A man who fled to Kenya after a Christchurch slaying last month is likely to be charged in his absence, police say.
Freezing worker Stephen Mwangi Maina, 39, was found dead in a Christchurch house on September 14, while his friend Lydiah Munene, 34, was found with severe injuries in her bed nearby.
Munene’s estranged husband, Samuel Ngumo Njuguna, flew to Kenya soon after the incident leaving the couple’s two sons with a friend.
Police have since been trying to trace him over the slaying and assault.
Detective Inspector Greg Williams told The New Zealand Herald that police now had a “clear understanding of what took place”, and charges could soon be laid in Christchurch in Njuguna’s absence.
He says New Zealand police were continuing to work with authorities in Kenya to establish legal grounds to have Njunguna extradited.
New Zealand does not have an extradition treaty with Kenya.
Munene is still recovering in hospital, having recovered enough to talk to police and visitors.
Maina’s body was flown to Kenya and buried near Nairobi last week.
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