A 35-year-old-man from Kyuso in Kitui was charged brutally attacking his wife with an axe and leaving her for dead and he later pleaded guilty.
The 28-year-old wife, Jane Bahati, was in critical condition when she was admitted in Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. She was moved to the ICU after she slipped into a coma.
According to Kyuso police commander Charles Machinji, the suspect identified as Makau Musya was put on a holding charge due to the wife's condition. The days the court had allowed the police to hold him had expired so they had to charge him.
The police were granted court orders to hold him for seven days, pending the conclusion of investigations.
Machinji stated, “The ideal charge against the accused person will be preferred when the fate of the hospitalised victim becomes clear. Depending on how things go, he might even end up being charged with a more serious offence of attempted murder.”
After attacking the wife, Musya went into hiding and was arrested the following day on December 23.
The suspect was charged on Wednesday before Kyuso senior resident magistrate John Aringo. He pleaded guilty during the court hearing.
However, the prosecution urged the court to suspend his sentencing for seven days pending the fate of the wife.
The magistrate termed the prosecution's plea as justified and granted it. Therefore, he ordered that the accused be remanded until January 7, 2021, when the case will be mentioned.
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