A police officer who murdered a Lake Naivasha fisherman seven years ago over a stolen sheep is now begging for forgiveness and mercy, saying he doesn't want to go to jail. He will be sentenced on July 28 and was speaking in Naivasha in mitigation, seeking a lenient sentence, a non-custodial sentence. Through his lawyer Cliff Ombeta, Wiyema pleaded for forgiveness from the parents of his victim Moses Wanyoike, saying, "He is before them on bended knee and asking for forgiveness." On the day Wanyoike was killed, he and two other fishermen — Johnson Ndichu and Douglas Tutu— were fishing at Crescent Island when the officer shot him. High Court judge Richard Mwongo convicted Wiyema, saying he had acted with criminal intent, recklessly an in violation of the law.

Source: The Star May 05, 2021 20:15 UTC