Kenyan Woman Forgives, Withdraws Charges Against Husband who Stabbed Her 17 Times
A Kenyan woman has forgiven and withdrawn assault charges against her husband who stabbed her several times early this year.
On Monday, Ms. Peninah Wangechi told Karatina Principal Magistrate Alice Mwangi that she had forgiven her husband, Samuel Ndirangu and wants to withdraw the charges facing him.
Ndirangu stabbed his wife 17 times at their home in Karatina, Nyeri County using a kitchen wife in April this year.
Ms. Wangechi told the court that she made the decision on her own free will and that she was not threatened or coerced into dropping charges against her husband. She also said they no longer live together with the accused.
Magistrate Mwangi granted the request and released Mr. Ndirangu.
Wangechi, a mother of three, sustained stab wounds on her back, chest, and face following a domestic fight with her husband. She was admitted at Karatina Sub-county Hospital where she was successfully treated and discharged after about a week.
The suspect turned himself in after the attack and was detained at Karatina Police Station before being arraigned.
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When you break the law,you…
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When you break the law,you must be punished,assault and battery is against the law.The victim can forgive,but that does not absolve the perpetrator of the crime from punishment.Forgiveness has nothing to do with the law.It has to do with "peace of mind",and its personal,this is because there is no knowing if the criminal is truly remorseful
What is not clear is if the husband is back in the house.Wow,most people would have really hard time staying with someone who almost killed them.
Aperson who can stab his wife 17 time is not fit to live free in a civilized world,no matter how mad the wife makes him.Put him in jail for 17 years.When is our society going to get tough on spousal abuse?
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In reply to When you break the law,you… by maxiley (not verified)
Some women are Emotional ABUSERS of their husbands; making their husbands to want kill them). And this woman could have been BOone of the very Emotional ABUSERS and she is Repentant and Remorseful of that (with Forgiveness as Remedy).
She can forgive. The state…
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She can forgive. The state does not.
no comment.
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no comment.
A dog bit me but I forgave…
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A dog bit me but I forgave it. Now let it just roam free and live in peace with people it meets
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Ndirangu committed a heinous crime against the state and therefore, this was a crime against the people of Kenya. I can't believe the magistrate let loose this criminal. What if Peninah Wangeci is no longer in control of her mental faculties as a result of the trauma of multiple stabbing by Ndirangu? I thought the case is supposed to be: Ndirangu Vs the Republic of Kenya, and therefore even if Wangeci forgives, that doesn't mean the state has to. If Wangeci had died of her stabbing wounds, would the state have set Ndirangu free even if Wangeci had forgiven him on her dying bed? There is something wrong With our judicial dispensation.
Forgiveness in a criminal…
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Forgiveness in a criminal offense? The DPP must be sleeping on the wheel.
Systemic Battered Woman…
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Systemic Battered Woman Syndrome! She must have seen women around her forgive quickly men even after they committed heinous things against them. It's a vicious cycle, I pray for you Madam. May those chains BREAK IN THE MIGHTY NAME ORLFF JESUS CHRIST.
God forgives I don’t. There…
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God forgives I don’t. There is no way I am going to forgive a nutcase who almost killed me. No way. This guy is a criminal and he should be treated as such. Criminal.
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