Sh100,000 ransom trap: Ex-USIU student sentenced to death for killing final-year colleague

Duncan Kimathi, 37, was found guilty of murdering Sarah Akello Aruwa in a Sh100,000 ransom plot.
Dancun Livingstone Kimanthi at Milimani Law Courts where he was charged with murdering Sarah Akello Aruwa in 2012.
A former United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) student has been sentenced to death for murdering his colleague after luring her into a trap, abducting her and demanding a Sh100,000 ransom from her family.
High Court Judge Kanyi Kimondo on Thursday sentenced Duncan Livingstone Kimathi, 37, after finding him guilty of murdering Sarah Akello Aruwa, who was a final-year International Relations student, in June 2012.
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Neither man may remove the children from Kenya.
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