Kisumu man jailed 12 years for killing wife in brutal assault
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7— A Kisumu man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the manslaughter of his wife of 18 years after the High Court found that an unlawful assault caused fatal blunt-force injuries to her head.
Justice Joe Omido sentenced Jared Otieno Otieno after convicting him of manslaughter in the death of Caroline Aoko Onyango, who died following the assault at Nyalenya village in Muhoroni Sub-County in November 2022.
The prosecution had initially charged Otieno with murder, but the court found that although he unlawfully assaulted his wife, he did not act with malice, leading to the manslaughter conviction.