Nandi woman murdered two children to get married to new suitor
Justice Reuben Nyakundi -Presiding Judge Eldoret High Court/File
The Eldoret High Court Thursday sentenced a 34 year old woman to serve 17 years in jail after she was found having murdered her two children in order to get married to another suitor.
Flossy Cherono is said to have killed 11 year old Ivy Chelagat and 7 year old Beryl Chepchumba using a machete and later disposed of their bodies inside a pit latrine on 9th July 2019 at their home in Kaburwo Nandi County.
High Court Judge Reuben Nyakundi was abstruse on how a mother would commit such a crime against her children who trusted her with their care ,protection and love,
A postmortem report indicated one of the children had been strangled to death while the other bled to death due to a deep cut on the head.
Cherono has 14 days to appeal the ruling.
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