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Woman goes free after pleading guilty to manslaughter in husband's death

Residents carry the body of Joseph Gitari 21, from her rented single room at Uwaso Nyiro Village on November 3,2016 to a waiting police vehicle. [Kibata Kihu/Standard]

A woman who killed her husband in November last year at Uaso Nyiro Trading centre in Kieni West has been set free by the court after cutting a deal to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

Nyeri High Court Justice Jairus Ngaah sentenced Everlyne Kawira to three years in jail but suspended the sentence on condition that she does not commit any other offence and goes for probation during the period.

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