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State v Collins Oluoch Ogweno [2020] eKLR

Case Metadata

Case Number:

Criminal Case 32 of 2017

Parties:

State v Collins Oluoch Ogweno

Date Delivered:

04 May 2020

Case Class:

Criminal

Court:

High Court at Siaya

Case Action:

Ruling

Judge(s):

Roselyne Ekirapa Aburili

Citation:

State v Collins Oluoch Ogweno [2020] eKLR

Court Division:

Criminal

County:

Siaya

Disclaimer:

The information contained in the above segment is not part of the judicial opinion delivered by the Court. The metadata has been prepared by Kenya Law as a guide in understanding the subject of the judicial opinion. Kenya Law makes no warranties as to the comprehensiveness or accuracy of the information

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT SIAYA

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 32 OF 2017

STATE.......................................................PROSECUTION

VERSUS

COLLINS OLUOCH OGWENO.....................ACCUSED

RULING ON SENTENCE

1. I have considered the Mitigation by Mr. Ochanyo on behalf of his client the accused person and what the accused person has stated to court that he is a first offender and is remorseful. He is a healthcare professional who ought to be saving lives and not to take away life of a young promising girl VAO.

2. The accused person, to date, never told this court why he hacked the defenseless deceased to death and what could have provoked him to Murder the deceased.

3. Every person has a right to life and no one has any right to deprive another of life.

4. Having considered the mitigation by the accused person, albeit Section 204 of the Penal Code provides only one sentence where the accused is convicted of Murder which is death, nonetheless, in the spirit of the

Francis Karioko Muruatetu vs Republic [2019]e KLR

decision, which abhors mandatory death sentence, I hereby sentence the accused person

Collins Oluoch Ogweno

to serve life imprisonment. Right of Appeal is seven days explained.

Orders accordingly.

Dated, signed and Delivered at Siaya, this 4

th

Day of May, 2020 via skype

R.E. ABURILI

JUDGE

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