Milimani High Court judge Justice Daniel Ogola Ogembo has sentenced a 36-year-old man to 40 years in prison after being convicted for the murder of a fourth-year Law student.
Hillary Kipkorir Yego,the convict, murdered Maxwell Gakure Kariuki on June 28, 2017, around 11 PM along Limuru Road in Nairobi County.
According to the prosecution Counsel Mercy Njoroge, the deceased was 26 years old at the time of his murder and was studying for a bachelors degree in Law at Mount Kenya University.
She urged the court to impose a severe sentence on the accused due to his lack of remorse.
While delivering the sentence, Justice Daniel Ogola Ogembo observed that despite the accused being found guilty and further convicted, he still maintained that he was innocent hence didn’t show any sign of remorse for the act he had committed.
Justice Ogembo also took note of a pre-sentence report which highlighted the profound impact of Maxwell’s death on his family, noting that the deceased’s mother is bedridden and his father traumatized due the pain of the loss of a child.
The Judge ruled that the sentence will commence from July 24, 2017, the date the accused was arraigned and charged with murder under Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code.
