Murder
The Kericho High court has deferred the plea taking of a woman alleged to have killed her two children to15th October, this year.
Brenda Cheptoo, 25, was arraigned before Kericho High court Judge Justice Joseph Sergon on Thursday but failed to take plea to the alleged murder charges following an oral application by her defense lawyer seeking to withdraw from representing the accused person in the case.
Senior Principal Prosecution Counsel Minoo Maundu allowed the application. Ruling on the application, Judge Sergon said the accused person be brought back to court on 15th October this year during which the prosecution counsel will avail a new defense lawyer to provide legal representation for the accused person.
Cheptoo is alleged to have murdered her two children aged eight and six years before burying them in a shallow grave around her home in Sibaik village in Bureti sub-county, Kericho. The accused committed the offences on 22 July 2024. She underwent a mental testing at Kericho County Referral Hospital.
The psychiatric report dated 25 July this year showed that she is of sound mind and fit to stand trial. Cheptoo is currently remanded at the Kericho GK women prison.