WORLD BRIEFING / KENYA
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
A judge sentenced the son of a baron to eight months in prison for killing a black poacher on his family estate.
The sentence handed down to Thomas Cholmondeley was a fraction of the possible life term he faced. It provoked shouts of protest from Maasai tribesmen and sighs of relief from white landowners.
Judge Muga Apondi had reduced the charge from murder to manslaughter, saying Cholmondeley’s attempts to give Robert Njoya first aid proved that he shot him accidentally.
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