REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MERU CRIMINAL CASE NO. 40 OF 2012 REPUBLIC.....................................PROSECUTOR VERSUS PATRICK MUTEMBE...................1ST ACCUSED DOMINIC KABERIA....................2ND ACCUSED ERICK MUTHOMI.......................3RD ACCUSED RULING ON SENTENCING 1. I have considered the mitigation made on behalf of the accused. 2. I have considered that they are 1 st offenders. That they have left their fate to this court. That they are not remorseful of the offence and that they still maintain their innocence. 3. I have also considered the presented reports filed on 27/06/2018 which are positive of the accused. I am alive to the fact that they have been in custody for well over six years now. 4. Be that as it may, a life was lost as a result of their unlawful act. The sentence for the offence of murder is death. 5. Considering all the foregoing, I sentence each of the accused to 10 years imprisonment. Right of Appeal 14 days explained. A. MABEYA JUDGE 03/07/18
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