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A carpenter behind the grisly murder of a college student four years ago has been sentenced to 45 years in jail by Eldoret High Court.

While delivering the sentence, Justice Reuben Nyakundi described as heinous and brutal the manner in which the convict Mustafa Idd 40, killed his estranged girlfriend Emmah Wanyota.

“You had the right to protect the rights of the victim but you instead killed her in the most brutal manner without any justifiable reason,” said Justice Nyakundi.

Idd is accused of killing the former Eldoret-based Vera Beauty College student on September 30, 2027 at her parent’s home in Moi’s Bridge, Uasin Gishu County.

The court room was jammed by the slain student’s family members led by her mother Beatrice Wanyota and win sister Sharon as early as 8:30 am

There was drama in court when the deceased’s mother broke down in tears as the judge was delivering the sentence against the convict forcing the judge’s assistant to cool her down.

Justice Nyakundi noted the convict subjected his victim to torture leading to her death on the fateful day. The convict listened pensively in the dock as the judge delivered the much-awaited sentence against him.
“It was a horrific death as some of the deceased body parts were missing while others had been buried in a shallow grave in their family land. She did not deserve to lose her life in such a brutal manner,” argued Justice Nyakundi.

The convict is said to have hit the slain college student with a blunt object on her head then raped her before chopping off her legs after she rejected his sexual advances.