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 Kenyan judge today 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.

THE heir to Kenya’s most famous white settler family was acquitted yesterday of murdering a local poacher, but found guilty of manslaughter in a case highlighting the east African nation’s delicate colonial legacy.

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