Former KTN news anchor Esther Arunga is set to be sentenced on Thursday by an Australian court over the death of her three-year-old son in 2014.
Her husband, Quincy Timberlake, is facing murder charges but Arunga has already pleaded guilty to being an accessory to the murder that took place at their family home in Kallangur, Australia.
Arunga, who is a trained lawyer, first told detectives that her son, Sinclair Timberlake, died after falling down the stairs while playing with his younger brother, but later changed the story and confessed it was Quincy who in deed killed the kid.
During the trial which has taken about five years at the Brisbane court, witnesses revealed shocking information about the couple that revealed Arunga and Quincy were living 'strange' life.
Before the two left Kenya for Australia in 2010, they had been arrested on suspicion of operating a cult sect which they had named the Finger of God Church.
The church, which was located in Runda in Nairobi, was founded by renowned jazz musician Joseph Hellon, who was also arrested.
Arunga joined the church in late 2009 through Hellon's influence and after a few weeks, she resigned from KTN and married Quincy.
The trio had also formed Placenta Party (Platinum Centralizer and Unionist Party) of Kenya in readiness for 2013 general election. Arunga was to vie for Karachuonyo parliamentary seat.
Following the dramatic arrest and many questions people were raising about the activities of the couple, Arunga and Quincy fled Kenya in a torrent of bad publicity and got asylum in Australia.
Before they arrived in Australia, Arunga had sought spiritual support from Deborah Stanley, her friend from University of Wollongong in New South Wales, and she (Stanley) had started preaching to her.
When Quincy realised Stanley was teaching his wife about the Bible, he threatened and warned her to stop preaching to his wife since she was 'under his control'.
“He was swearing… yelling at me, calling me names and telling me that I was turning his wife against him. He said Esther was under his control,” Stanley told the Brisbane court.
Arunga faces up to 25 years jail term but it might be reduced following prosecutor Danny Boyle's admission that she has not interfered with the evidence.
Defence lawyer Katarina Prskalo has also told the court Arunga had mental issues when he lied to police about the cause of her son's death.