A former top Venezuelan diplomat was last week sentenced to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder of the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador at her home in Nairobi.
Dwight Sagaray, who was the first secretary at the embassy, was convicted, along with three Kenyan nationals, in January this year of killing Olga Fonseca.
Judge Roselyn Korir sentenced all four men to 20 years in jail, which starts from January.
Sagaray was tried for the murder because he was stripped of diplomatic immunity following the crime. Fonseca was found strangled in her bedroom less than two weeks into her posting to Nairobi, which followed the abrupt departure of the previous ambassador after he was accused by his domestic staff of sexual harassment.
Sagaray, who had been heading the mission before the arrival of Fonseca, was angered by her presence, as he wanted to continue overseeing the embassy.
Another accused, Kipng’eno Kirui Chelogoi, was acquitted for lack of sufficient evidence linking him to the other suspects or the crime scene. An arrest warrant for another suspect, who remains at large, shall remain in force.
Email your news TIPS to Editor@nairobilawmonthly.com, and to advertise with us, call +254715061658 anytime of the day
