REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Court of Appeal, at Nairobi
Kneller JA, Chesoni and Platt Ag JJA
Criminal Appeals 134, 135, 136 and 137 of 1982
Stephen M’Riungi, Geoffrey M’Baabu, Wilson M’Kiambi,
Robert M’Mugambi............................................APPLICANT
v
Republic...........................................................RESPONDENT
Judgment of the Court. October 27, 1983
The four appellants Stephen M’Riungi (1st appellant), Geoffrey Mbaabu (2nd appellant), Wilson Kiambi (3rd appellant) and Robert Mugambi (4th appellant) were jointly convicted of robbery with violence contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code and were each sentenced to death. Their first appeals against conviction and sentence were dismissed by the High Court. They have now appealed to this court.
The first two courts found that in the morning of May 3, 1981, robbers broke into and stole from Ester Nyoroka’s shop at Mbuinjeri Market in Meru District. The list of the goods stolen from the shop that morning includes among others…