The presiding judge of Eldoret High Court excused a crucial witness who was scheduled to testify in the trial of a female police constable accused of killing her estranged husband due to work overload.
Before being stood down by Judge Reuben Nyakundi, Sharon Jepchirchir, the housekeeper of the accused Lilian Biwott, was called to the dock to present her main piece of evidence against her former employer.
Judge Nyakundi declared that he had more than fifty rulings and judgements to deliver and would not be continuing with the murder case hearing.
Jepchirchir is one of five prosecution witnesses that the prosecution had prepared to testify in the case of the murder.
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Her scheduled testimony date is June 4, 2024.
Biwott, 32, is charged with fatally shooting her spouse Victor Kipchumba on October 9, 2023, at their rented home at Uasin Gishu County's Kimumu estate.
She worked at the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), Eldoret branch, and was attached to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) in Uasin Gishu County.
She is being held at the Eldoret GK women's remand prison and has not yet responded to the murder charge.
