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Martha Auma Nyagol in the dock during her recapture after she escaped during sentencing at Kisumu High court after she was found guilty of murder. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)
Martha Auma Nyagol stared at the court ceiling, lowered her face and muttered a short prayer as the judge read out the sentence.
“I find the accused guilty of murdering her husband Jared Ochieng’ Otieno and convict her accordingly,” ruled Kisumu High Court Judge, Justice David Majanja as he handed Auma 30 years in jail.
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