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Kenyan aristocrat to be sentenced Kenya aristocrat sentence delayed
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A white Kenyan aristocrat who was convicted last week of the manslaughter of a poacher on his estate is due to be sentenced in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The sentencing of a white Kenyan aristocrat convicted last week of the manslaughter of a poacher on his estate has been postponed until Thursday.
Thomas Cholmondeley is a descendant of one of the country's first British settlers, Lord Delamere. Justice Muga Apondi gave no reason for the delay at the High Court in Nairobi in sentencing Thomas Cholmondeley.
The judge cut the murder charge to manslaughter as he said Cholmondeley did not show malice aforethought in the shooting of Robert Njoya in 2006. The judge had cut the murder charge to manslaughter as he said Cholmondeley did not show malice aforethought in the shooting of Robert Njoya in 2006.
Kenyan television is broadcasting live from the packed courtroom. Kenyan television was broadcasting live from the packed courtroom.
Cholmondeley's lawyer and the state prosecutor have begun their submissions and the judge will hand down sentence afterwards.
Members of the media as well as relatives of the aristocrat and of the victim are present.
In 2005, Cholmondeley admitted shooting another man - a Maasai ranger, Samson Ole Sisina - but the case was dropped because of insufficient evidence.In 2005, Cholmondeley admitted shooting another man - a Maasai ranger, Samson Ole Sisina - but the case was dropped because of insufficient evidence.
His release at that time provoked outrage and mass protests among the Maasai community.His release at that time provoked outrage and mass protests among the Maasai community.
Cholmondeley is a descendant of one of the country's first British settlers, Lord Delamere.