PREMIUM Court halves terms in Migori 'witchdoctor' mob killing Judges uphold murder convictions for three men but reduces each sentence from 30 years to 15 years. Migori Just now Listen
The Court of Appeal has halved the 30-year jail terms imposed on three men, including a village elder, convicted of murdering two villagers after a witchdoctor publicly accused the victims of burning a neighbour's house.
The judges upheld the murder convictions but reduced each sentence from 30 years to 15 years, ruling that the trial court failed to properly weigh mitigating factors."The trial court noted the mitigation advanced by the appellants but imposed a uniform sentence of 30 years imprisonment without demonstrating how the mitigating factors were weighed against the aggravating circumstances.
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