This archive report was first published on 22 November 2019.
On November 22, 2019, a disturbing incident unfolded in Chokaa, Njiru Sub-County, Nairobi, where a 22-year-old woman, Patricia Macharia, was charged with threatening to kill her neighbour, Rose Wanjiru.
According to reports, the incident occurred outside their rented houses on a Wednesday morning when Patricia allegedly grabbed Rose and uttered threatening words, “Nitakuua na hii kisu” (I’ll kill you using this knife), while armed with a knife.
Fortunately, their neighbour intervened and snatched away the knife from Patricia, while Rose’s husband pulled her back to the house during the melee.
Rose later reported the incident to the police, and Patricia was arrested. In court, Patricia denied the charges before chief magistrate Heston Nyaga.
She was released on a cash bail of Sh 10,000 and the case will be heard from March 24 next year.
