Two brothers found guilty of robbing their neighbor after hitting him on the head with sticks while threatening to kill him, have been sentenced to death.
Kericho Principal Magistrate Benard Rugut passed the sentence against Wesley Kiprono Rotich, 27 and Alfred Kipngetich Rotich, 32, after the prosecution proved the case against them.
The two committed the offence on 25 December 2017 in Kapsuser area in Belgut sub-county, Kericho where they violently robbed Robert Kibet Yegon of an Infix phone valued at Shs.15, 299.
The court heard that on the fateful day at around 6pm the complainant was walking on a road heading to Kapsuser Trading center from his home when he was waylaid by the first accused who threatened to kill him while holding a stick.
The first accused went ahead to assault the complainant by hitting him on the head with the stick. The second accused person joined in the attack and he too hit the accused on the head with his stick.
The complainant managed to flee but his phone dropped to the ground but the two accused persons caught up with him, pinning him down and tied a belt around his neck with the aim of strangling him but failed to execute this as he raised alarm alerting members of the public who rescued him.
