THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 | www.x-news.co.ke
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man who killed a child he claimed had been born out of wedlock was today sentenced to death by a Nairobi court. Peter Kinyua Mwangi, 30, was convicted of charges of murdering four-monthold Miriam Muthoni. The infant’s remains were retrieved from a pit latrine at Kyangombe village in
Embakasi, Nairobi, on April 22, 2009. On the fateful day, the accused had confronted his wife, accusing her of unfaithfulness. “The deceased was in good health and was sleeping with her mother when the accused came in and claimed the wife had given birth to a jinni (evil spirit),” said Justice Nicholas Ombija who delivered
the judgment. The court heard that although the accused used to take alcohol, he was not drunk on the fateful night. After killing the child, Kinyua told his wife to forget the child as they would later have their own, the court was told. A mob attempted to lynch the accused before he
was rescued by police officers. Kinyua was a turn-boy of a lorry and was off duty for three days when the incident occurred. “There was a power black-out and the couple fought in the dark. The accused later told his wife he had thrown a rat in the pit latrine,” the judge said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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