Fury at aristocrat’s 8-month jail term

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.

Fury at aristocrat’s 8-month jail term

Masaai protesters in court shouted in outrage as the judgment was read.

Thomas Cholmondeley was convicted of man-slaughter last week for the 2006 shooting of a 37-year-old black poacher.

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