LN testified that her father later turned his attention to her mother AW and started hitting her with a stone forcing her to flee the matrimonial home.
“My mother was still in the house and my father turned to her and hit her with a stone on her leg and she ran,” LN told the attentive court.
Postmortem conducted on September 17, 2019, by Dr Titus Ngulungu, a pathologist at Rift Valley Provision General Hospital shows that the child was murdered. This is contrary to MM, the child s grandmother, who claimed that the child died of illness. The report states that the child had bruises on both cheeks, forehead, left shoulder and lips.
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RIFT VALLEY
Meshack Kipkoech Kosgei at Eldama Ravine law court on February 26, 2018. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
A man charged with causing the death of a boy through dangerous driving has been sentenced to five years in jail.
Meshack Kipkoech Kosgei was found guilty of causing the death of six-year-old Birion Kinda on December 25, 2017, on Nakuru-Mogotio Road.
While sentencing the accused, Eldama Ravine Senior Principal Magistrate John Tamar noted that Kipkoech had previously caused death by dangerous driving.
“Consequently and noting that the accused had previous records of causing death by dangerous driving, I sentence the accused to five years imprisonment,” stated the magistrate in his judgement.
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Lilian Namayan (right) wife of Paul Kosgei being consoled by a relative at her home. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
A postmortem examination conducted on the bodies of six people abducted and killed in Baringo last week has revealed they were first tortured.
Dr Wamboi Wangare, the Baringo County pathologist and Dr Titus Ngulungu, the Independent Medical Legal Unit pathologist performed the postmortem yesterday at Baringo County Hospital morgue.
Victims identified
The victims were Paul Kosgei (human resource officer for Teachers Service Commission in Tiaty), Nelson Kordado (primary school head teacher), Brian Silale (IEBC official), David Kukat (medical student), Todoreng Tiyan (ranger) and Loporuso Sihreng (local resident).