One-day Sentence For Woman Who Killed Abusive Husband
A 49-year-old woman who last December killed her husband in an act of self-defense has earned her freedom in a plea-bargain deal.
In a landmark ruling made on International Women’s Day, a Siaya court ordered the accused Trufena Ndonga Aswani to serve a one-day non-custodial sentence after her case was reduced from murder to manslaughter.
“She had no voice. She was silenced into accepting beatings to be her normal life until she nearly lost her own life. She is lucky to be alive,” Justice Roselyn Aburili noted.
In the case, the court heard that Ms Ndonga had endured immense suffering at the hands her abusive husband James Oyengo Obochi who constantly threatened to kill her over a Title Deed.