Former MCA for Riruta Ward Samuel Ndungu Njoroge is one of the three accused persons sentenced to 30 years imprisonment each by a High Court in Kiambu for the offence of murder.
While delivering the sentence, Justice (Prof) Joel Ngugi stated that the accused persons brutally murdered the deceased Lucy Njambi Nyagiko who was not yet 25 years old.
The judge further stated that the act of the accused persons was an extreme act of domestic violence and femicide carried out in the most brutish and sadistic ways.
The accused persons were Samuel Ndungu Njoroge, the deceased’s husband and former MCA for Riruta Ward; Joyce Njambi Mungai and Wilson Mwangi Munyua.
The deceased was abducted, raped, and assaulted with sulfuric acid after which she died a day later. The offence was committed on 24th January, 2018 in Kiambu County.
