According to Justice Jessie Lesiit, Wanjiru acted out of malice despite claims that she did it out of self-defense. ​Justice Lessit ruled that the number of times she stabbed the boyfriend could not support her argument. Wanjiru, was arraigned in court on September 24 2015, stabbed her boyfriend over a love text message sent by another woman. Witnesses and police claim the boyfriend succumbed to the stab wounds before Wanjiru turned the knife on herself. Wanjiru who reportedly tried to kill herself with a knife was rushed to the nearby Metropolitan Hospital with stab wounds in the stomach and both hands.

Source: Standard Digital May 31, 2018 10:04 UTC