A KENYAN judge yesterday jailed the grandson of an English baron for eight months for killing a black man on his vast estate, a significantly lower penalty than the maximum he faced of life in prison.

A descendant of Kenya’s most famous white settlers was convicted of manslaughter today for shooting a black poacher on his vast estate.

A descendant of Kenya’s most famous white settlers today went on trial for murder in the shooting dead of a black man on his vast estate, a case that has stirred simmering racial tensions in the east African nation.