IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NYERI
(CORAM: OMOLO, TUNOI JJ A and RINGERA AG JA )
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 72 OF 1997
BETWEEN
PETER MUGENDI MUGAMBI
CHARLES MATHENGI MWANGI ...................................................................... APPELLANTS
AND
REPUBLIC ......................................................................................................... RESPONDENT
(Appeal from convictions and sentences of the High Court of Kenya at Nyeri (Mr Justice Osiemo) dated 23rd September, 1997
in
High Court Criminal Case No 21 of 1996)
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JUDGMENT
Peter Mugendi Mugambi, the appellant hereinafter, together with another person called Charles Mathengi Mwangi, were tried and convicted by the High Court, Osiemo J on four counts of an information charging them with murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the Penal Code. The counts against the appellant and Mwangi had stated in their particulars that between the 4th day of November, 1995 and the …