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Court: Walk away, don't kill for cheating

Court: Walk away, don’t kill for cheating
Court: Walk away, don’t kill for cheating (Photo: iStock)

The High Court has declared that spouses who suspect their partners of infidelity are not obligated to remain in such marriages and are free to walk away and seek peaceful lives elsewhere.

Justice Alexander Muteti, while delivering judgment in a case involving the brutal killing of a woman by her husband, emphasised that marriages marred by suspicion and mistrust should not become grounds for violence.

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