White settler family heir found guilty of manslaughter
The High Court said Tom Cholmondeley – descendant of Lord Delamere who came to Kenya from Britain a century ago – did not show “malice aforethought”, but was responsible for the 2006 shooting of Robert Njoya on the family’s 55,000-acre ranch.
Justice Muga Apondi said sentencing would be given at a later day, meaning Cholmondeley’s dream of walking free yesterday after three years in jail was dashed. He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
