Sawt Falasteen - Husband of slain Kenyan runner Tirop seeks plea bargain

NYSE - LSE

BCC	-1.17%	75.05	$
NGG	-1.18%	76.38	$
BCE	-0.34%	23.25	$
AZN	1.69%	159.64	$
GSK	-1.06%	48.12	$
BTI	0.97%	54.86	$
RIO	-4.38%	99.39	$
CMSC	-1.22%	20.44	$
CMSD	-1.03%	20.34	$
BP	0.87%	46.08	$
JRI	-0.25%	12.08	$
VOD	1.15%	17.33	$
RELX	-1.27%	33.82	$
RBGPF	0%	67.74	$
RYCEF	-2.61%	19.13	$

Husband of slain Kenyan runner Tirop seeks plea bargain / Photo: Jonathan NACKSTRAND - AFP

Husband of slain Kenyan runner Tirop seeks plea bargain

BOULEVARD 29.06.2022

The husband of slain Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop is seeking a plea bargain after initially denying a charge of murder, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Text size:

Tirop, a rising star in the world of athletics, was killed last October in her home in Iten, a high-altitude training hub in western Kenya for top runners.

Emmanuel Ibrahim Rotich was arrested after a dramatic late-night chase the day after Tirop's body was found with stab wounds, and has been in custody ever since.

The 41-year-old denied a charge of murder at a November court appearance.

But in the latest twist in the legal saga, his lawyer Ngigi Mbugua told the Eldoret High Court that Rotich was willing to plead guilty to a lesser charge in the hope of attracting a more lenient sentence.

The prosecution said it was not against the idea of a plea bargain but wanted Tirop's family to be involved in the process.

A hearing on Rotich's request will take place on September 22.

H.Darwish--SF-PST

Sawt Falasteen - Husband of slain Kenyan runner Tirop seeks plea bargain

Husband of slain Kenyan runner Tirop seeks plea bargain

Featured

Philippine Coast Guard battles smoke in search for ferry fire missing

Indian filmmaker Anuparna Roy: blocked at home, feted in Europe

Hong Kong to sentence Tiananmen vigil activists for subversion

Ex-president Bush remembers 9/11 through exhibit of his art