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How I escaped death by a whisker, ex-judge’s son tells court

Judge gavel, scales of justice and law books in court [Courtesy]

A jammed gun, an open abdomen, blood oozing from his hands and head, and a body lying next to him, were the scenes Paul Owuor, the son of retired judge Effie Owuor, witnessed during the 2018 heinous attack on their farm in Chemelil.

A few metres away from where he was lying, their farm manager George Benjo lay dead, his throat slit and hands chopped off.

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