Mohamed Deeq, the man who stabbed his wife on the cheek in Wajir in January this year, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The suspect was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to his 32 year old wife Fatuma Ibrahim after the knife struck a bone in her skull.
Deeq stabbed his wife in the cheek on January 6, 2016 at their home in Khorof Harar, Wajir County following a domestic dispute.
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The weapon remained lodged in the woman's skull until she was rushed to Nairobi for a specialised surgery.
The prosecution followed sustained social media outrage with #JusticeForFatuma over the incident.
Kenyans on Twitter were furious at the act which left the mother of four fighting for her life at their remote home in the North Eastern region.
Fatuma was later airlifted to Nairobi by Amref flying doctors
after health workers at the Wajir General Hospital
said they could not remove the knife.
Kenyatta National Hospital doctors safely removed the knife.
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