• Judge Nyakundi sentenced her after rejecting her plea for a non-custodial sentence
• Judge Nyakundi noted that Winnie stabbed her husband five terms in the chest using a lethal weapon and that her only intention was to kill him.
• In her defence during the hearing of the case, the accused had argued that they were so drunk and she does not recall what exactly happened leading to the death.

 

A 37-year-old Eldoret woman who stabbed her husband to death during a domestic fight has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by the High Court in Eldoret.

High Court Judge Reuben Nyakundi sentenced Winnie Maina after rejecting her plea for a non-custodial sentence.

Nyakundi noted that Winnie stabbed her husband five terms in the chest using a lethal weapon and that her only intention was to kill him.

Winnie is accused of killing her 33-year-old husband Wycliffe Miriti who was stabbed in their house and later succumbed at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret while undergoing treatment.

She denied killing Miriti who was a senior logistics officer at an international beverage company based in Eldoret in an incident that happened at their residence in Uasin Gishu county.

“You could have disabled him using other means if there was a fight but by stabbing him five times it means your intention was only one….that thou shall not live,” said the judge.

She said Winnie had not shown any remorse, or regret or sought forgiveness from the deceased’s family.

The judge noted that Winnie had cited the effects of a custodial sentence on the life of her 9-year-old daughter.

The judge said both the law and the bible demand that every human being should be allowed to live a full life.