A man is fighting for his life at Bungoma County Referral Hospital, following a botched robbery mission yesterday morning.
According to a DCI report, the man whose identity is still unknown had crept into the house of Zipporah Masika, as she prepared to take a shower.
She came face to face with the thug carrying her mobile phone and other valuables, after ransacking her house.
"The thug attempted to push her aside and escape but it was too late as she poured a basin of hot water on his face and fled towards the main door screaming," DCI said.
The thug wailed attracting neighbours from nearby households, who responded in their numbers.
The neighbours descended on the suspect with blows and kicks.
Pleas by the thug to be forgiven fell on deaf ears, as the neighbours disfigured his burnt face and inflicted deep cuts on his head.
By the time police officers arrived, the man had been smashed to a bloody pulp by the angry villagers.
The officers rushed him to hospital.
The DCI advised members of the public not to take the law into their own hands in such circumstances, but alert police officers for the suspects to be accorded a fair opportunity in a court of law.
