Man accused of stabbing magistrate appeals 3-year sentence

Mr Michael Kuhora Njeri appears at a Nakuru court on May 22, 2017 during the hearing of a case he is charged with stabbing a magistrate. Photo/Suleiman Mbatiah/Standard

The man who assaulted a magistrate inside a courtroom wants the court to set aside the sentence that provoked the attack.

Michael Kuhora had been sentenced to three years in prison on November 22, 2016, for assaulting Edith Adhiambo. But as Resident Magistrate Eunice Kelly read out the sentence, Mr Kuhora stabbed her.