Rwandan woman arrested for conspiring to murder her Swiss national boyfriend charged

by bulk press Media
Rwandan woman

A Rwandan woman who was last week arrested for conspiring to murder her Swiss national boyfriend in Nairobi has been charged with the offence.

Antoinette Uwineza alias Micheline Uwababyyi who appeared before Milimani chief magistrate Lucas Onyina pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony and  preparation to commit a felony. She is jointly charged alongside her brother Eddy Kwizera who has also denied the charges against him.

Uwababyyi  who was in November 2018 sentenced to life in jail after being found guilty of killing her love rival but later freed by Court of Appeal was on December 31,2023

arrested by undercover Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives from Central Nairobi after she had lured the foreigner into the country on the pretext of selling him gold.

The prosecution alleges that on December 30,2023 at an unknown place within Nairobi county, the two with others not before court, conspired to commit a felony namely murder of one Helbling Guico Paul with intent to steal from him money and his other valuables.

The second count states that on the same date at Brookside area in Westlands,within Nairobi county, jointly with others not before court, being within their place of abode, were in possession of articles for use in the course of committing murder, articles namely two kitchen knives, one litre of chloride Exide battery acid, two black polythene paper bags, four surgical hand gloves and  six tablets of Nitrest 10mg medicine.

However, the accused persons who were represented by lawyer John Swaka were each released on cash bail of 200,000 with one contact person pending the mention of the case on January 27.

It is said that police officers posing as hitmen for hire on the material managed to arrest the woman and her brother as they plotted to kill her Swiss boyfriend before stealing his money.

According to the police, the complainant from Switzerland had arrived in Nairobi on December 26 and was booked to a hotel in Westlands and was to check out on December 31,2023.
It is said that On December 29, 2023 the woman aged 43 and who according to police stayed at Ngara approached a hit man seeking help to eliminate the foreigner.

The man who had been approached got jittery and approached the police. An undercover team of two was arranged for the mission and met the woman in Ngara on December 30 to plan the way forward.
According to police, the woman told them the Swiss man had 850 Euros.
She informed them that before the foreigner is killed he must transfer all the money to her account. She also produced a bank statement showing that from March 17, 2023 to June 10, 2023 she received Sh9.2 million from the said foreigner.
After deliberations the undercover officers agreed with the lady on the terms of engagement which included equal sharing of the money realized after the murder of the foreigner.

The suspect requested the female undercover officer to help her with a fake photo for the purpose of making a fake identity card that will be used to rent an apartment where the mission will be carried out.
The fake identity card was made with a different name. On December 30 night, the female undercover officers accompanied by the suspect and his brother went to Westlands to hire an apartment and thereafter the suspect invited the foreigner for dinner in the said house.
As they were proceeding to the said house other DCI officers who were waiting pounced on the suspects and arrested them.

A search was conducted in her house in Ngara but nothing was found, an indication that she had either planned to shift from the house or leave the country.
The woman was on November 1, 2018 imprisoned for life by High Court Judge Jessie Lesiit after the court ruled that she had killed her compatriot, Winnie Uwambaye together with her seven-month old baby, over a boyfriend of European descent.
Judge Lesiit ruled that the accused deliberately killed her friend and her seven- month-old baby “with malice and in a brutal manner”.
However, in September 2020, the Court of Appeal reversed the ruling, saying Uwineza’s sentencing was arrived at without the prosecution proving beyond any reasonable doubt that the convict killed Uwambaye.

Uwambaye’s lifeless body was on February 16, 2013 found at Saharan Lodge on Duruma Road in Nairobi. The 42-year-old had been strangled with a polythene bag, and her body wrapped in a bed sheet.
Uwineza was arrested in Kayole while using the deceased’s phone. She was arrested together with her male friend who was later acquitted over lack of evidence.

Three Appellate court judges -Martha Koome, Hannah Okwengu and Fatuma Sichale -however, overturned the lower court’s ruling, saying: “The circumstantial evidence relied upon to convict Antoinette did not meet the required standards as it neither led irresistibly to her guilt nor was it compatible with her innocence.”

You may also like

1 comment

Six charged in smuggled powder milk seized in Easleigh - Bulk Press Media January 17, 2024 - 12:11 pm

[…] Rwandan woman arrested for conspiring to murder her Swiss national boyfriend charged […]

Reply

Leave a Comment

Welcome to Bulk Press Media, where every story is a headline, and information takes center stage. Dive into a world of breaking news, insightful features, and thought-provoking analyses. We deliver news with impact, making every click a journey through the heart of current affairs.

 

Copyright © BulkPress Media 2024 All Right Reserved.

error: Content is protected !!