Ex-USIU Student Sentenced to Death for Murder
Duncan Kimathi sentenced to death for abduction and murder
A former student at the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) has been sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of fellow student Sarah Akello Aruwa.
Justice Kanyi Kimondo found Duncan Livingstone Kimathi guilty of killing Akello, who was a final-year International Relations student, in an incident that occurred in 2012 in Kiambu County.
The prosecution presented evidence that Kimathi and his accomplices lured Akello into a trap, abducted her, and demanded a ransom of Ksh100,000 from her family.
The court heard that Akello was killed by manual strangulation, with a postmortem examination revealing a laceration at the back of her head and bruises on her neck.
Source: Nairobi Wire. AI-assisted summary.
