two armed robbers, who pleaded with a magistrate...

two armed robbers, who pleaded with a magistrate to show a mother’s compassion when judging them had a rude shock when she handed them the death sentence. “The law under which you are charged provides for one sentence only, death by hanging,” acting anti-corruption court chief magistrate Doreen Mulekyo told John Karanja Mburu, 22, and Geoffrey Mwangi Murigi, 23. The two men had been accused of violently attacking Mr Douglas Kariuki Njenga on December 8, 2009 in Kikuyu Division, Kiambu County with a knife and other weapons.