IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
( Coram: Hancox JA, Chesoni and Nyarangi Ag JJA )
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 132 OF 1983
BETWEEN
1. GEORGE KARANJA MWANGI
2. FRANCIS KARANJA KAMAU
3. MARCELLINUS MUCHOKI KAMAU.................................................APPELLANTS
AND
REPUBLIC................................................................................................RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT
The three appellants George Karanja Mwangi (1st), Francis Karanja Kamau (2nd) and Marcellinus Muchoki Kamau (3rd) were convicted by the High Court sitting at Nyeri, (Patel J) of the murder, on the night of April 9 and 10, 1982, of a woman named Muthoni Thegeya at Kambirwa village in Muranga District of the Central Province. They were sentenced to death and have each appealed against conviction and sentence. Muthoni had three children: Paul Maina, Nyambura and Mwangi aged twenty five, eighteen and five years respectively, who all lived with her. The first appellant George, who lived with the Muthoni's, was the son…