REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MURANG’A CRIMINAL CASE NO. 18 OF 2018 REPUBLIC..…......................................................................PROSECUTOR VERSUS MARGARET NJERI KAMAU....................................................ACCUSED SENTENCE 1. The accused pleaded guilty to the offence of manslaughter under a plea agreement recorded on 8 th February 2021. The offence is a serious felony that may attract a sentence of life imprisonment. 2. On the night of 19 th May 2018, the deceased fell unconscious after a love-making session. The accused then dragged the hapless man to the road-side with the help of another man. It was not clear if he died in the bedroom or on the road. The accused claimed that the deceased was on his way out from her house when he fell on his back and collapsed. The autopsy shows he died from cerebral hemorrhage. 3. I have paid heed to the mitigation tendered by her counsel, Mr. Mbue Ndegwa. The accused is a 58-year-old grandmother. She is first offender and appears remorseful. 4. As a general rule, sentence should be commensurate to the moral blameworthiness of the offender but also guided by the nature and gravity of crime. I sentence the accused to four (4) years imprisonment. The sentence shall run from 20 th May 2018, the date when she was first arrested and placed in custody. It is so ordered. DATED, SIGNED and DELIVERED at MURANG’A this 10th day of February 2022. KANYI KIMONDO JUDGE Sentence read in open court in the presence ofAccused. Ms. A. P. Gakumu for the Republic. Ms. Susan Waiganjo, Court Assistant.
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