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Erastus Ngura Odhiambo aka Baba Billy when he was convicted by a Nairobi court for the murder of Linda Wanjiku Irungu four years ago. PHOTO | RICHARD MUNGUTI
RICHARD MUNGUTI
A bar owner in Nairobi, who shot and killed a 27-year-old woman for refusing to join him for a party, was convicted of murder.
million. Erastus Ngura Odhiambo aka Baba Billy was convicted by Lady Justice Stellah Mutuku on Thursday
M. Odhiambo was found guilty of shooting dead Linda Wanjiku Irungu in the early hours of December 11, 2014 at Buruburu Phase 5 Nairobi.
The court found Mr. Odhiambo guilty The judge said that when Odhiambo met the late Ms. Wanjiku trying to get out of her home, he dragged her out of the car, then went to shot after a fight, as
The judge rejected the defendant's defense that it was the deceased who had shot at the Ceska pistol while she was drunk. FATAL SHOT
The judge ruled that Mr. Odhiambo, 37, had premeditated to kill the deceased while he had gone home with his gun
"Well that the accused baderts that the deceased has reached out his gun and fired in the air, it is impossible for the bullet to have changed direction to hit it at the back. It's the accused who fired the fatal blow that extinguished Linda's life with which they were quarreling, "said the judge.
While convicting the accused, the judge said:
"Odhiambo found the victim at the wheel, in an attempt to flee from him.It was dressed in pajamas. He blocked and pulled his pistol from the back of his pants.He opened the door of his vehicle, dragged it out, pushed it towards his house.He resisted then that she was struggling to free herself.It was then that he shot her in the upper right back by inflicting a mortal wound on her. "
The judge said that any the evidence places the accused directly on the crime scene and that he is guilty of the crime.
According to Mutuku J., the judge will issue a sentence on July 31, 2018 after receiving the defendant's mitigation measures and the victim's impact report
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