JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
The Appellant, Veronica Onyango Okumu was charged with murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the Penal Code. She was on 11th December, 2002, convicted of that offence by the Superior Court (Mutitu, J) and sentenced to death.
The particulars of the charge are that on the 1st day of October, 1999 at Dandora Estate Phase Four Nairobi, the Appellant murdered Dorcas Achieng.
It is common ground that the appellant and the deceased the late Dorcas Achieng were co-wives of Mr. William Omondi (PW3) and they had lived together in Dandora.
The factual background as narrated by PW3, the husband of the two ladies, is that, he had married the appellant in 1992 and for seven years the appellant was barren and had no child. Apparently, for this reason, PW3 decided to marry the deceased as a second wife. The two wives co-existed for three weeks in one house at Dandora. The appellant is said to have differed with the deceased after the deceased disclosed to her t…