REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KAPENGURIA CRIMINAL CASE NUMBER 10 OF 2017 REPUBLIC............................................PROSECUTION VERSUS NANCY CHEPSALANICH LOKWANGLE...ACCUSED JUDGMENT I have considered that the accused has pleaded guilty to a lesser offence of manslaughter, she is a first offender, and could have been drunk during commission of the offence. I have also considered that the deceased’s body was found on the bed and there is no fact that he was armed in the quarrel. I have also considered that the convict used a lethal weapon, an axe to end the life of the deceased; the man who was taking care of her. Given these circumstances she does not deserve a non-custodial sentence on the mere ground that she has a young child. She needs to pay for the offence committed by way of suffering a jail sentence to learn that crime does not pay. I consider it appropriate that she suffers a jail imprisonment for a period of eight (8) years. It is the sentence I pass against her. Right of appeal 14 days. S. M. GITHINJI JUDGE 19.12.2017
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