[2014] KEHC 999 (KLR)
The court found that the accused, having pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a plea bargain, had already spent almost two years in custody. The offence arose from a quarrel between siblings while intoxicated, and the social inquiry report indicated the accused's home environment was unsafe. Taking these factors...
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- Citation
- [2014] KEHC 999 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Republic; Defendant: Leonard Kipngeno Korir
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kericho
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Case 6 of 2013
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Case / Sentencing Ruling
- Outcome
- convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to four years imprisonment
- Legal Topics
- Manslaughter, Plea Bargaining, Sentencing Principles
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Republic
Applicant
Leonard Kipngeno Korir
Defendant
Procedural Posture
Criminal Case / Sentencing Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the circumstances of the offence and the period already spent in custody justify a reduced sentence for manslaughter.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the accused, having pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a plea bargain, had already spent almost two years in custody. The offence arose from a quarrel between siblings while intoxicated, and the social inquiry report indicated the accused's home environment was unsafe. Taking these factors into account, the court determined that a custodial sentence of four years was appropriate, balancing the seriousness of the offence with the mitigating circumstances and the period already served.
Court Disposition
convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to four years imprisonment
Orders
- The accused is sentenced to four years imprisonment.
Full Case Text
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20 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KERICHO
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 6 OF 2013
REPUBLIC……………………………………….PROSECUTOR
VERSUS
LEONARD KIPNGENO KORIR………………....…….ACCUSED
RULING ON SENTENCE
The accused was charged with the offence of murder which was later reduced to manslaughter Contrary to Section 202 as read with Section 205 Penal Code after a plea bargaining arrangement.
The accused and the deceased shared one mother, but different fathers. It is, in the facts that the two had been drinking and they quarrelled. This in itself did not give the accused good reason to sneak into his brother’s house and kill him.
I have taken note of the issues raised in the social inquiry report. The environment at home is not safe for the accused now.
Considering the circumstances under which this offence was committed plus the fact that the accused has been in custody for almost two years now, I find a sentence of four (4) years imprisonment to be appropriate. He is so sentenced
Dated, signed and delivered this 19th day of December, 2014
H.I. ONG’UDI
JUDGE
In the presence of
M/s Njenga for State
Mr. Mutai for accused – absent
Lagat; Court Assistant
Accused – present in person
Interpretation; English/Kiswahili