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The accused said blood oozed from where she had hit him and in a desperate attempt to free himself he reached for a knife.
"I had a knife. I saw she was going to hurt me so I stabbed her in the thigh," he told an attentive court.
Naweet said Ekaru reached for the knife and sustained a cut on her palm.
It was at that point, he told the court, that the injured and bleeding woman screamed for help and an angry mob attacked Naweet.
"People came and started to beat me. I ran," said Naweet.
Naweet maintained he acted in self-defense and claimed Ekaru would not have died had the people rushed her to hospital, instead of concentrating on him.
"It was self-defense. I did not intend to kill her but they nearly killed me. It is God who saved my life. It was an accident. I would never have done it. I plead for leniency."
He said the police took him to hospital. "After I was discharged, I learned from the police she had died. I was shocked."
Justice Murithi directed that closing oral submissions be made on June 20.