Nakuru man who killed wife's lover found guilty of murder
Entrance to the Nakuru law courts.
When he caught his neighbor red-handed with his wife on their matrimonial bed, Cyrus Kipng’eno Rono chose to attack him physically, killing him on the spot.
Rono is now set for lengthy jail term after the court convicted him of murder of the neighbor who he stabbed 30 times.
Rono is now awaiting his punishment after being found guilty of murder of Moody Awori Makutsa on August 29, 2023 at his Kiamunyeki house in Lanet Nakuru County.
It all started at around 9 pm when he tried reaching out to his wife through a mobile phone but his call went unanswered
He decided to go home and find out why she was not responding to his phone call.
After knocking several times on his bedroom door, his wife opened the door looking surprised after seeing him.
He scanned through the house and saw a man’s shoes on the floor and sought to know who they belonged to.
Rono, who was a night guard, armed himself with a machete and peeped under the bed where the man was hiding.
He descended on him stabbing him 30 times on different parts of the body, as his wife watched on.
The night guard then left the room after overwhelming Awori and locked the door from outside. He proceeded to Lanet Police station where he reported the attack, claiming he stabbed the man out of self-defense.
He then escorted the police to the house where he opened the door to the bedroom. The police found the body of Awori lying in a pool of blood next to the bedroom
The police concluded he was dead and arrested Rono immediately. The body was ferried to Nakuru county mortuary for post mortem.
Government pathologist Titus Ngulungu who performed the autopsy revealed that Awori died from severe head injury due to blunt and sharp force trauma to the body.
Rono was arraigned in court and charged with the offense of murder, charges which he denied.
However, the court in its ruling found him guilty of the offense, noting that the manner of the attack showed a clear malice afterthought.
“The magnitude and seriousness of the injuries inflicted establishes the malice aforethought and that the manner in which the body of the deceased was found is indicative of the depth of violence the deceased suffered at the hands of the assailant,” ruled Justice Samuel Mohochi.
He ordered that a pre-sentence report be prepared to aid the mitigation as well as the sentencing.