3 To Die By Hanging For Raping Githurai Woman

Three men have been sentenced to death for stripping and robbing a female passenger inside a Githurai bus three years ago.

The three are driver Nicholas Chege, conductor Meshack Mburu and petrol station attendant Edward Ndung’u.

The three appeared before chief magistrate Francis Andayi on Wendesday.

They were found guilty of robbing and sexually assaulting the woman on the night of September 19, 2014.

“What you thought was a joke should not be taken lightly as a woman’s privacy and decency should be respected at all times,” the magistrate noted.

For the offence of sexual assault, he gave the punishment of five years in jail for each of the attackers.

The attack took place at Millennium petrol station in Githurai 44, Nairobi county, where the woman’s Sh41,700 was also stolen.

There was public uproar after a video of the incident was circulated on social media.