This archive report was first published on 2 September 2021.
Published on September 2, 2021, a High Court order led to the resentencing of David Tett, son of former assistant minister Betty Tett, who had been sentenced to death for violently robbing his foster father, William Tett.
David Tett was resentenced by Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi to 15 years in jail for two counts of robbery with violence.
According to the High Court directive, the sentence for the two robbery with violence charges would run concurrently from the date he was sentenced to death.
David Tett was adopted by his aunt, Betty Tett, after the death of his mother.
He was sentenced to death in 2014 after being found guilty of being part of a gang that violently robbed his foster father on September 6, 2011, in Karen, Nairobi.
During the incident, police shot and killed two gangsters.
David Tett's appeal was rejected by Justice James Wakiaga, who said the trial court had properly addressed itself to the evidence tendered before it and arrived at a legal conviction.
Justice Wakiaga dismissed David's contention that he was framed by his parents, saying they had no reason to fix him.
David Tett was sentenced afresh by Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi following a High Court order that the death row convict be resentenced.
‘I have considered the evidence presented by the prosecution and I uphold the same. I now sentence the accused to 15 years imprisonment for each of the two counts of robbery with violence in accordance to the High Court directive,’ ruled Mr Andayi.
