Former Riruta MCA sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his ex-wife.
By Rural Times News Reporter
Former Riruta Ward MCA Samuel Ndungu Njoroge, who was convicted of murdering his ex-wife with two others, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
On Friday, Njoroge and his co-accused, Joyce Njambi Mungai and Wilson Mwangi Munyua, were sentenced for the savage murder of Lucy Njambi Nyagiko in Kiambu High Court by Judge Joel Ngugi.
According to a statement from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP), the judge's ruling emphasised the gravity of the act, calling it "sadistic."
"Justice Ngugi stated that the accused persons brutally murdered the deceased Lucy Njambi Nyagiko who was not yet 25 years old," the official said.
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"While delivering the sentence, the judge further stated that the act of the accused persons was an extreme act of domestic violence and femicide carried out in the most brutish and sadistic ways."
Njambi died on January 26, 2018, at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), where she was being treated after allegedly being raped and splashed with acid by persons who kidnapped her from her home in Thindigua on Kiambu Road on January 24.
She was buried in her parents' house in Karembu village, Gatundu South constituency.
During the MCA's conviction earlier this month, the judge referenced his history of violence and assault charges, concluding that marital unhappiness motivated him to conduct the offence.
As for the second and third accused, Justice Ngugi stated that their presence at the crime scene reinforced the evidence.
Joyce is claimed to have purchased the sulphuric acid used in the attack, and Munyua's presence at the time of the crime was confirmed by mobile phone data records.
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