The High Court in Eldoret has jailed two convicts for 35 years for the murder of 3,000m steeplechase athlete Benjamin Kiplagat. Justice Reuben Nyakundi said the two Peter Ushuru, 30, and the rider David Ekai, 25, planned and committed the offence. Earlier, the mother of the athlete had caused a commotion at the court as she asked the judge to pass the death sentence against his killers. She was giving her final pre-sentencing views before justice Reuben Nyakundi before he delivered judgement against the two found guilty of murder. Justice Reuben Nyakundi ruled that both scientific and circumstantial evidence by the prosecution had linked the two to the murder.

Source: The Star November 05, 2024 15:28 UTC