A man has been found guilty of murdering his wife as his kids watched.
According to police, the accused killed his wife in the presence of their two children on October 26, 2015 in Nanyuki.
In his defence, the man claimed that his wife used to insult him that he is an “uncircumcised man,” and on the fateful day, he claims that she came to bed with a knife with the intention of circumcising him.
However, the children, who testified in court, gave a different story.
One of the children testified that on the material day, they were asleep in the next room when they heard a thud, like something had fallen.
“I saw what fell. It was mum. Mum fell, she was made to fall by baba (pointing to the accused). He (accused) cut her (deceased) with a knife. He (accused) cut her (pointing to his neck). I saw blood...” the girls recalled.
The accused’s sister-in-law told the court that on the fateful night, her brother called her asking her to go pick the kids.
“When I arrived, my brother came out of the bedroom and his shirt was full of blood. His face was really wild. He told me he had killed his wife because she used to call him kihii (uncircumcised),” she told the court.
The judgment delivered on August 2 by the High Court in Nanyuki partly read:
“The above evidence shows that the accused intended or had malice aforethought when he committed the unlawful act. The prosecution well met the criminal standard of proof and did prove that it was the accused who killed his wife and he is hereby convicted of murder.”
