MAN KILLS GRANDMOTHER BECAUSE OF FOOD

Maxton Omondi went to live with his paternal grandmother for the first time in 21 years in December last year and killed her two months later after a row over food.  

A court has sentenced Omondi to 10 years in prison after he entered a plea bargain for the lesser charge of manslaughter. 

Court papers say on February 8, Omondi went home at Got Bondo village, in Rarieda, Siaya county at 6.30pm and found his grandmother Jael Akuru, 82, seated on the bed.

Omondi asked Akuru for food but she had none. He then asked for flour to make porridge but Akuru said Omondi’s father had not brought her any supplies. 

He got agitated and tried to pull her from bed. She hit Omondi with her walking stick on the head upon which he pulled Akuru off the bed and she fell on the ground. She lay there, unconscious.

Omondi ran away to his cousin’s house where he spent the night.

The following morning, Akuru was found dead. She had bled from the head, where a zigzag wound behind the forehead of about 14cm was found. She had other head injuries and a swollen right knee.

Police went to the scene, took the body to the mortuary and an autopsy was carried out on February 16. It showed the cause of death to be severe bleeding from two deep cut wounds on the head.

Omondi was also later seen washing himself. He was arrested and taken to Aram police station. He admitted to killing Akuru and his confession was recorded at the station.

“It is true I killed the deceased but I did not plan to kill her,” Omondi told the police in his confession. In court, the plea was entered as “not guilty” as it was unequivocal. 

His advocate named in court papers as Ooro and Florence Akinyi asked that Omondi be allowed to enter a plea bargain. Consequently, the charges were reduced from murder to manslaughter. 

By The Star

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