Policeman gets 10 years for killing missionary

A POLICEMAN who shot dead an Irish missionary in Kenya seven years ago was yesterday jailed for ten years.

Policeman gets 10 years for killing missionary

Franciscan brother Larry Timmons, a prominent human rights activist, died after being shot several times in January 1997.

Police officer Francis Kimanzi Mbaiya was initially charged with the cleric’s murder, but this was reduced to manslaughter.

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