REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MERU CRIMINAL CASE NO. 42 OF 2012 REPUBLIC …………..……………………………….. PROSECUTOR VERSUS JEREMIAH MUTHEE …………………….………………… ACCUSED SENTENCE I have considered the able mitigation made on behalf of the accused. That he is a first offender, remorseful and that he has reformed as per the letter dated 16/5/2012 from the Prisons Department. I have considered that the accused has been in custody for a long time and that he has a family that depends on him. I have considered the Pre-sentence Report and the victim’s Impact Assessment Report filed on 15/5/2017. Be that as it may, a life was lost at the accused’s hands. The sentence is life imprisonment for the offence. Taking into consideration of all the foregoing and the circumstances of the offence, I sentence the Accused to seven (7) years imprisonment. SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 17TH DAY OF MAY, 2017. A. MABEYA JUDGE 17/05/2017
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