A 24-year-old university student facing charges of killing his girlfriend told the court on Monday that he has written to the Office of the Public Prosecutions seeking a plea bargain.
The student Edmond Ruto is accused of killing his girlfriend, Cynthia Chelang’at, a fourth-year Bachelor of Agriculture student at Egerton University in Nakuru County.
During the case hearing on Monday, lawyer Paul Odhiambo told the court that his client is seeking a plea bargain with the DPP.
“We are in the process and will forward the documents to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions,” said lawyer Odhiambo as quoted by Standard.
In the case, the former Egerton University student is accused of killing Chelang’at on February 19, 2018, at Njokerio Estate in Njoro, Nakuru County.
The court heard that the accused on the material date stabbed his girlfriend several times with a knife.
A report by County Probation Director Paul King’e told the court that the accused who lived with the deceased for four years was planning to marry her.
The accused, according to the probation report, who was studying economics and statistics at the university since September 2013 deferred his studies due to lack of fees but resumed in September 2017.
On the material date, he had a disagreement with his girlfriend after she decided to move out and live with her cousin.
The accused has however denied the charges before the court.
A post-mortem report presented before the court by Dr Titus Ngulungu, a Government pathologist indicated that an injury to the vessels of the neck and an injury to the trachea caused the death of Chelang’at.
“The deceased had more than six stab wounds, the most significant was the one being on the neck,” testified Dr Ngulungu.
The case will be mentioned on February 17, 2020.