Woman sentenced to life imprisonment for attacking
husband with acid
- Posted by Gbooza!
A
36-year-old woman, Vernicia Ruguru, was Wednesday, found guilty and sentenced
to life imprisonment by an Embu Magistrate Court for burning her husband with
acid.
It will be recalled that Ruguru had
on 16 July, poured acid on her husband, Patrick Njue, in Embu North, Kenya, in
self-defense.
Ruguru claimed that after her
husband attempted to splash the acid on her, she overpowered him and poured it
on him.
The claim was however dismissed by
the Principal Magistrate, Robinson Oigara, affirming that she would have
sustained some injuries if that was the case.
Reports
reveal that on the day of the incident, the defendant was said to have prepared
the children for school, completed her house chores then later walked into
their bedroom where her husband was.
Njue reportedly noted that his wife
had walked directly to the bed and splashed acid on him. She then locked the
door and escaped only for the neighbours to hear screams from the house and
came to his rescue.
According to evidence presented in
court, on hearing her husband was still alive; Ruguru rushed to the hospital
where Njue was admitted, in an attempt to finish her mission, but was later
arrested.
She was reportedly sentenced to life
imprisonment, but was granted 14 days to appeal the judgment.
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