Judgment
Wilberforce Kirui (the appellant herein) was charged with the offence of murder contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code. The particulars of the offence were that on the night of March 16 and 17, 2014, at Kabitungu village in Bureti Division within Kericho County, he murdered Faith Chepngeno Kirui.
The appellant was tried and convicted of the offence and sentenced to life imprisonment. Being aggrieved with both the conviction and sentence, the appellant has now filed this appeal and probably the last appeal, vide undated Memorandum of Appeal raising 6 grounds of appeal. The appellant subsequently thereafter filed a supplementary petition of appeal through his counsel raising the following grounds of appeal:
That the learned judge erred in law and fact in convicting the appellant and sentencing him to life imprisonment yet the prosecution did not prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
That the learned judge erred in fact and in law in convicting the appe…