Nairobi, March 9 -- Soon after discovering the lifeless body of his sister Monica Kimani, George Kimani reached out to his friend Joseph Irungu for assistance and to mobilise the media to have the incident reported.

It is not known whether Mr Irungu alias Jowie mobilised the media as requested, but three days later, he was arrested and later charged with Monica's murder.

In a pre-sentencing report filed in court, George describes Irungu, his former classmate at Kenya Polytechnic (now Technical University of Kenya) as a deceptive, violent and provocative man.

And although he, together with his father Paul Kimani Ngarama and mother said no sentence can fully console the family, they hope that High Court judge Grace Nzioka will hand Mr Ir...