A Kapsabet Court has sentenced a woman to 14 years in prison for killing her husband
The woman, Maureen Chebet strangled her husband Elias Yego, after an argument at their home.
Chebet was found guilty of causing the death of her husband, Elias Yego through strangulation in the horrific 2018 incident.
Justice Reuben Nyakundi acknowledged the woman’s plea for a lenient sentence stating her four children depend on her.
“This court finds that the accused person must be made to take full responsibility for her actions. The accused person must learn how to tame her emotions to avoid inflicting harm on others,” said Justice Nyakundi.
Chebet would have initially served 15 years, but the court heard that she spent a full year in remand.
“In my judgment, because of the provisions of Section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, I will in that context give credit for the period of three years and ten months spent in pre-trial custody. It cannot be overemphasized that the accused person is entitled to be accorded a benefit of the least severe sentence prescribed by law by virtue of the provisions,” read part of the judgment.
