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Court sentences 16-year-old to 10 years in jail for murder

Lang'ata Women's Maximum Security Prison

The entrance to Lang'ata Women's Maximum Security Prison in Nairobi. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group
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By  Hilary Kimuyu

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The sentence will be served for the first two years at a borstal institution and the remaining 8 years at Lang’ata Women's Prison.
  • Last year, the minor shocked the country when she confessed that she had also killed her three siblings on diverse dates in 2021.

A Kiambu court on Friday sentenced a 16-year-old to 10 years in prison for the murder of a 20-month-old baby. 

BW, a minor is accused of killing her cousin identified as M.K. on August 16, 2022, then aged 1 year and 8 months.

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