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Man jailed for causing minor's death through accident loses appeal

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Meshack Kipkoech Kosgei at Nakuru Law Courts on December 29, 2017, where he appeared before Principal Magistrate Bernard Mararo for the hearing of a case where he was accused of hitting and killing a child and injuring a cyclist. [File, Standard]

A court has dismissed an appeal by a man sentenced to serve five years in jail for causing the death of a child through dangerous driving.

Meshack Kosgei was found guilty of hitting and killing Biron Kipkemoi on December 25, 2017. He also hit a motorcyclist, Richard Komen, and left him with serious leg injuries.

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