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Mother regrets poisoning three children, asks for new start

Purity Cherono, 32, at Nakuru High Court after she was sentenced to three years non-custodial sentencing by justice Teresia Matheka. [Yvonne Chepkwony, Standard]

August 13 is a day that will be forever etched in the mind of 32-year-old Purity Cherono, who poisoned her three children in the hope of ending their lives, and later on, her own life too.

Cherono's troubles began when her violent husband threatened to stab her with a knife during a scuffle.

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