• The judge ordered for pre-sentencing probation report and a victim's report before June 3, when Maina will know her fate.
• Judge said domestic violence should not be an excuse for anyone to murder a partner.
A 37-year-old Eldoret woman, who stabbed her husband to death during a domestic fight, has been found guilty of murder.
Winnie Maina had argued that they were so drunk and she does not recall what exactly happened, but Justice Reuben Nyakundi ruled that all evidence produced by the prosecution proved it was murder.
Winnie had argued in her defence that her husband armed himself with a knife and attacked her after they returned home from a late-night drinking spree.
During the fight, the husband sustained stab wounds to his chest, leading to his death.
"You armed yourself with a knife and targeted your husband at the most lethal spot where his survival chance was zero," Justice Nyakundi said.
"It's not possible that you may have acted out of provocation or self defence because you could have targeted any other part of the body if you intended to stop him."
The judge said evidence proved that Winnie wanted her husband dead and that is why she stabbed him in the chest.
"All facts also point to you having malice aforethought in your actions and hence I find you guilty of murder," Justice Nyakundi said.
Winnie, who has been out on Sh2 million bond, broke down as the judge cancelled her bond and put her in custody to await her sentencing.
Her father and younger sister had travelled with her from Murang'a for the ruling and the two were equally shocked.
"Dad, today you will not return with your daughter home because the court has found her guilty and we will now have her in custody as we process the sentencing," Justice Nyakundi said.
He then allowed the old man time to talk to his daughter before she was taken to the Eldoret prison.
"I know for you as a father it is a difficult moment but it shall be well. It shall be well," Nyakundi said.
He said domestic violence should not be an excuse for anyone to murder a partner.
"Even the Bible does not say that at all. There is the option of returning to the sender if you are tired of each other. Let him or her go back home instead of killing," Nyakundi said.
The judge ordered for pre-sentencing probation report and a victim's report before June 3, when Maina will know her fate.
Maina was accused of inflicting injuries to her 33-year-old husband, Wycliffe Miriti who succumbed to the stab wounds at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.
She denied killing Miriti, who was a senior logistics officer at an international beverage company based in Eldoret. The incident happened at their Elgon View estate in Uasin Gishu county.
According to the police report, the woman had rushed her husband who was in critical condition to the hospital in the family car but he succumbed to three knife stab wounds upon arrival at the hospital.
A security guard at Elgon View estate, where the couple lived, had told police detectives that the duo arrived at their house from a local pub at around 4.30am on Monday, August 22, before a fight erupted between the duo.
The guard, Geoffrey Rono, reported the incident to Langas police station.
The police later arrested her at the hospital where she had rushed her husband.