A woman who is a suspect in the murder of her child caused a spectacle outside the Machakos Law Courts on Wednesday when she started bleating like a goat.
Mary Mukulu Mbithi was set to appear for a hearing of her case at the High Court.
But before the hearing could begin, she began bleating like a goat outside the court’s premises. The strange turn of events attracted a large crowd as word quickly spread.
“This is strange. I have never seen anything like this,” a witness said.
Inside the courtroom, Justice Margaret Muigai went on to issue a warrant of arrest for Ms Mbithi when she did not show up in court. She lifted the warrant later in the afternoon after the woman’s husband asked the court for leniency so he could take Ms Mbithi to the hospital.
He alleged that his wife had a mental health problem.
According to court documents, the suspect who hails from Mbee village in Kathiani strangled her daughter, 2, to death on January 20, 2022.
She has been out on a personal bond of Sh500,000
The hearing of the case was rescheduled to April 27.
