A MAN WHO MURDERED HIS COUSIN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN JAIL BY A KERUGOYA COURT.

A MAN WHO MURDERED HIS COUSIN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN JAIL BY A KERUGOYA COURT. JANE MUGAMBI 13TH MARCH 2013. A 22 year old man who murdered his cousin because of three eggs has been sentenced to seven years in Jail by a Kerugoya court. Bernard Ngaire was accused that on 20th February last month at Kiangwaci market, he accidentally stabbed his cousin Simon Mwangi with a kitchen knife where he later died while undergoing treatment after a quarrel. Senior Principal Magistrate Teresiah Ngugi said that with the evidence that was given by their cousin who was with the deceased Stephen Kinyua where he had gone to sell his three eggs, said that it was evident that the accused had always had a grudge with the decease. “It is very clear that with the evidence given by your cousin Kinyua, it seems that you(Ngaire) always picked a quarrel but the deceased was always very polite and used to walk away. What were you doing with a knife?”Said the magistrate. The deceased died while undergoing treatment at Karatina general hospital where he was rushed by police after he collapsed at the police station where he had gone to place a formal complain against his cousin. He was taken to Kerugoya G.K prison awaiting to be transferred to King’ong’o prison. Ends….. 0723321326