- Supreme Court throws out Ruth Kamande’s appeal.
- She was found guilty of killing her boyfriend in 2015.
- Kamande had tried to use Battered Woman Syndrome as defence.
- Court said this defence wasn’t raised in earlier trials.
- Supreme Court ruled it cannot handle fresh issues not raised before.
Ruth Wanjiku Kamande, famously known as Miss Lang’ata, has suffered a major legal blow after the Supreme Court rejected her final appeal. Kamande was sentenced for the 2015 murder of her boyfriend, Farid Mohamed Halim.
Court Says New Defence Came Too Late
After her earlier appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, Kamande had approached the Supreme Court hoping to introduce a new defence. She claimed she had acted in self-defence due to Battered Woman Syndrome.
But the Supreme Court wasn’t convinced. It ruled that the defence couldn’t be accepted because it was never mentioned during the original trial at the High Court or in her earlier appeal.
“Issues not raised in lower courts cannot be introduced for the first time before the Supreme Court,” the judges said.
Final Decision Seals Her Fate
With this ruling, Kamande’s legal options have run out. The Supreme Court’s decision now confirms her murder conviction, ending years of legal attempts to overturn it.
