Why do love just have to turn bitter to an extent of taking someone’s life in the name of love?
Journalist Moses Dola has been sentenced to 10 years in prison over the killing of his wife Wambui Kabiru.
On October 5, Dola was found guilty of manslaughter for causing the death of the NTV journalist.
High Court Judge Roselyn Korir substituted the murder charge with manslaughter.
The accused, who is being represented by lawyer Cliff Ombeta, denied committing murder in the trial that began about seven years ago.
Kabiru was found dead on May 1, 2011, in their house in Umoja estate.
On the fateful day, the accused allegedly left his dead wife in their house and went on a drinking spree while pretending that all was well.
It is the deceased’s brother and neighbours who later found her dead body in the locked bedroom of their house while Mr Dola allegedly went into hiding for a few days before surrendering himself to the police in Naivasha.
The couple’s househelp told court that the deceased would usually hand the baby to her in the morning but, on that fateful day, Dola was the one who did it.
In his defense, Dola told court that the deceased attacked him with a pair of scissors and a struggle ensued, during which his wife fell down and hit her head.
The judge said there was no one who can say exactly what happened to Kabiru on that fateful day because they were the only ones in the bedroom when the incident occurred.
Justice Korir has given Dola 14 days to appeal.