Republic v Jeremiah Muthee [2017] KEHC 5717 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MERU

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 42 OF 2012

REPUBLIC …………..……………………………….. PROSECUTOR

VERSUS

JEREMIAH MUTHEE  …………………….………………… ACCUSED

SENTENCE

I have considered the able mitigation made on behalf of the accused.  That he is a first offender, remorseful and that he has reformed as per the letter dated 16/5/2012 from the Prisons Department.

I have considered that the accused has been in custody for a long time and that he has a family that depends on him.

I have considered the Pre-sentence Report and the victim’s Impact Assessment Report filed on 15/5/2017.

Be that as it may, a life was lost at the accused’s hands.  The sentence is life imprisonment for the offence.

Taking into consideration of all the foregoing and the circumstances of the offence, I sentence the Accused to seven (7) years imprisonment.

SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 17TH DAY OF MAY, 2017.

A. MABEYA

JUDGE

17/05/2017