A few minutes later, her husband called to say they had an altercation,” Ouma said. Beryl’s brother Mark Ouma said police insisted on taking the body to City Mortuary, but the family blocked them fearing it was a plot to cover up the murder. Her body has been taken to Chiromo Mortuary, where a post-mortem will be conducted today to ascertain the cause of her death. Ng’etich blamed the neighbours for failing to raise the alarm, even after the beating went on for a long time. The killing comes just days after a man who murdered his wife for allegedly aving an affair was killed by mob in Kwale county.

Source: The Star February 22, 2019 18:56 UTC