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My lover tried to end her life after killing children, man tells court

Pherine Maero with her two children and estranged husband. [Courtesy]

The husband of a Kakamega nurse who is on trial in a double homicide charge of killing her two children on March 6, 2022, has given a detailed account of the murders, saying there could have been "in fact, a third death" on the same day.

Testifying before the High Court in Kakamega, Rodney Mitto said the nurse, Pherine Maero, hinted at committing suicide out of guilt just hours after she strangled to death the minors aged four and nine.

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