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Mother of two pleads guilty of killing husband

The suspect pleaded guilty to killing her husband at the Nyamira High Court. [Photo: Stanley Ongwae, Standard]

A woman in Nyamira pleaded guilty to killing her husband following a disagreement over the sale of their land.

Hellen Nyaboke, a mother of two in her 50s, is charged with killing her husband James Mecha at their family house in Isinta, Nyamira South by hitting him with a metal rod. She pleaded guilty when she appeared before Nyamira High Court judge Esther Maina.

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