A Kenyan police officer who killed his girlfriend sentenced to life imprisonment
A Kakamega court sentenced an administrative police officer to life imprisonment for killing his girlfriend in Navakholo (Kakamega County, Kenya) on Thursday, February 23, 2023.
After a domestic dispute in 2019, Patrick Nyapara, the officer, shot 26-year-old Christine Maonga several times. He suspected her of cheating on him, he alleged.
Until her death, Ms. Maonga was a teacher at Navakholo Secondary School.
After fleeing the scene, the cop was captured at a hideout near Nambale in Busia County while he was trying to flee to Uganda.
Justice Wiliam Musyoka found the suspect guilty of murder noting that the suspect had a clear intent to kill because the bullet hit her head and not any other part of the body.
Her family, led by the deceased father Fredrick Okumu, and mother Rebecca Maonga welcomed the ruling saying justice had been served at last.
Nyapara’s lawyer, Arembe Olaka has however vowed to move to the court of appeal ruling.
The deceased left behind a two-year-old son, who is now six years old.
