Its my hope and prayer that no lady of this Nyumba is going thru this.Its also my hope and prayer that the gentlemen of Nyumba do not fall in this category.
For all you ladies,God forbid that it ever happened to you,keep a journal of the abuses,emotional or physical.Write the time,what tv program was on,where the kids were if any.
Tell someone.Your family,your boss,and if please go see your doctor.All this will be effective witness if this went to court.And for you bosses out there,if you notice that your juniors are not acting the usual selves,write it on your schedule book.Write of bruises if you notice on their faces.
You never know when all this could come in handy cause like it or not,there are wicked people out there. I wonder if the mistress is happy now or the killer husband for that matter.
Isn't it sad that a woman will sit back and allow a man to kill his wife so what,that he can marry her?Is that sick or what?Shame on the mistress .She should go in for conspiracy.
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NEWS
When court quashed the alibi of a wife killer
Story by MARK AGUTU
Publication Date: 2007/07/07
An alibi, the defence to a criminal charge in which a suspect alleges that he or she was not at the place at which a crime was committed, is among those that people lean on to escape conviction.
It also happens to be one of the defence walls fictional super sleuth Sherlock Holmes loved to crack in the course of investigating complex murder cases.
Known for his intellectual prowess and masterful use of deductive reasoning, Holmes would unravel the most convoluted of murder cases, leaving culprits cringing in shame and security agents baffled.
It, however, did not require Holmes’s fictional finesse for police officers and the High Court to see through an alibi conjured by convicted wife-killer Philip Njuguna Muinde in a murder trial concluded in Nairobi. Muinde attempted to evade the long arm of the law after strangling his wife in a bizarre love triangle case nearly four years ago.
While denying responsibility, Muinde claimed he had been in Lokichoggio for six months and had not returned by the night of November 23, 2003 when his wife, Jane Wanjiku Mwangi, was found dead at Njathaini Village in Kasarani, Nairobi.
Muinde told the court that on October 2, 2003, he had been approached by a friend, Mr John Odhiambo, who wanted Muinde to join him for “a contract” in Lokichoggio.
They agreed to partner in the project and proceeded to Lokichogio on October 10, 2003. After working for six months, they were paid their money and he returned home to Njathaini Village. He claimed that while taking care of his father, he was arrested and taken to Kasarani Police Station and charged with killing his wife.
However, as it turned out, his alibi was not sufficient to throw the investigators and the High Court off his scent as justice took its course.
After three years of trial in which the State presented five key witnesses, judge Muga Apondi found that Muinde had indeed killed his wife in a sad twist of a domestic row.
Received evidence
What poked holes in the alibi Muinde attempted to weave? The court pointed to the evidence tabled by five key witness brought by the prosecution. Their evidence complemented each other and placed Muinde squarely in Nairobi on the material day.
They included a local chief, who had intervened in an earlier row between the couple, the landlady, whose house they had rented two months before the murder, and a driver who had helped them shift to the new house.
The court also received evidence from the employer of Muinde’s girlfriend who had on several occasions received reports of her employee’s run-ins with Muinde’s wife prior to the death.
And, finally, a chief inspector at Njathaini police post, where reports of violence had been made, also gave his evidence.
Apparently Muinde had interacted with each of them hardly two months before the incident, especially during his frequent wife beating sessions.
Significantly, the court observed that none of the witnesses had a grudge against Muinde to motivate them to give false evidence against him. However, their evidence gave the court a clear view of Muinde’s abusive ways which, as it turned out, were fuelled by his extra-marital affair.
Trashing the Lokichoggio alibi, the judge said Muinde’s claims that he had been away had not been backed by any solid evidence.
“Assuming for a second that the accused had gone to Lokichoggio, he should have been in constant touch with his wife. This is normal with any ordinary couples.
“And immediately he noticed that there was a breakdown of communication, he should have alerted either his relatives or authorities. Specifically he should have complained to his in-laws first.”
Declared the judge: “I hereby reject the defence case that has no merit at all and having considered the evidence in its entirety, I do concur with the unanimous findings of all the three assessors.
“In conclusion, I hereby find that the accused is guilty of murder and is hereby convicted accordingly.”
Mobile phone
In his evidence, Police Inspector Musyoka Mulwa, then in charge of Njathaini Police Station, recalled that on November 29, 2003 while on duty at around 11.30, a woman — Muinde’s landlady — rang him through his mobile phone.
She complained that one of her tenant’s rooms at Njathaini trading centre was emitting an awful smell. In response, he called another officer and they proceeded to the premises.
They found the door locked from the outside with a padlock and decided to break it down. On entering the house, they found Jane’s decomposing body lying on the bed.
The police officer recalled that earlier in the month, Jane had reported that she had been assaulted by Muinde, her husband.
Faith is not belief without proof but trust without reservations. -My Childrens Mama.