24-year-old boyfriend 'killer' sentenced to death

A 24-year-old Kenyan woman found guilty for killing her boyfriend has been sentenced to death. 

Giving the ruling, Justice Jessie Lesiit said Ruth Wanjiku Kamande deliberately stabbed Farid Mohammed 25 times. 

Justice Lesiit said "young people should know it is not cool to kill your boyfriend or girlfriend, instead it is cool to walk away from such a relationship when it breaks down". Ruth murdered her boyfriend using a kitchen knife in September 2015. 

In mitigation last week, Ruth told the court she has reformed since staying in remand two years and nine months ago, and she is remorseful. 

Her lawyer Joyner Okonjo said Ruth is now a devout Muslim and has been attending a course in theology for the past one year. 


SOURCE: Reuters
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