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| Sheila Wanjiku Kibinge |
According to Kenya's Daily Nation Sheila Wanjiku Kibinge, the kenyan lecturer was said to be a university lecturer in the US and also a Ph.D. student. She was handed the sentence on Tuesday by High Court Judge Jessie Lessit.
Justice Lessit said, “The prosecution, led by State Prosecutor Evelyn Onunga, has proved beyond reasonable doubt that you purposed to kill your husband although you allege you were both kidnapped the night your husband was executed.”
The judge dismissed her defence that her husband was killed by kidnappers.
The judge said that she murdered her husband by shooting him in the head, neck and chest in Gitaru village, Kikuyu, Kiambu County
“The number of shots fired at the deceased, Leonard Kibinge Kiruri on the night of April 14, 2014, establishes pre-meditated malice aforethought,” Justice Lessit stated.
However, Sheila. the mother of two pleaded for leniency, but the judge said,
“there is only one verdict provided for in the law and that is “to suffer death in the manner prescribed by the law.”
Justice Lessit identified that there was no direct evidence linking her to the murder as the weapon used in the crime was never discovered. But she said circumstantial evidence and inconsistencies in her account of events were her undoings.
Justice Lessit said, “The prosecution, led by State Prosecutor Evelyn Onunga, has proved beyond reasonable doubt that you purposed to kill your husband although you allege you were both kidnapped the night your husband was executed.”
The judge dismissed her defence that her husband was killed by kidnappers.
The judge said that she murdered her husband by shooting him in the head, neck and chest in Gitaru village, Kikuyu, Kiambu County
“The number of shots fired at the deceased, Leonard Kibinge Kiruri on the night of April 14, 2014, establishes pre-meditated malice aforethought,” Justice Lessit stated.
However, Sheila. the mother of two pleaded for leniency, but the judge said,
“there is only one verdict provided for in the law and that is “to suffer death in the manner prescribed by the law.”
Justice Lessit identified that there was no direct evidence linking her to the murder as the weapon used in the crime was never discovered. But she said circumstantial evidence and inconsistencies in her account of events were her undoings.
US female university lecturer sentenced to death for allegedly killing her husband
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