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Venezuelan diplomat jailed in Kenya for 20 years for envoy’s murder

Venezuelan diplomat jailed in Kenya for 20 years for envoy’s murder

A Kenyan court sentenced a former top Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder of the Latin American nation's acting ambassador at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood. Dwight Sagaray, who was the first secretary at the embassy, was convicted, along with three Kenyan nationals, in January this year of killing Olga Fonseca. Judge Roselyn Korir sentenced all four men to 20 years in jail. The term starts from January. Sagaray could be tried for the murder because he was stripped of diplomatic immunity following the crime, the court ruled in January. Fonseca was found…
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KENYA: Venezuelan diplomat convicted of murder

KENYA: Venezuelan diplomat convicted of murder

A Kenyan court found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty of murdering the Latin American nation's acting ambassador a decade ago at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood. Dwight Sagaray, who was the first secretary at the embassy, was found guilty of the July 2012 killing of Olga Fonseca, Judge Roselyn Korir said in her ruling. The court also convicted three Kenyan nationals who had been charged alongside Sagaray, saying they were involved in a common plan to carry out the murder. Another suspect who fled after the murder is still at large and the court said his arrest warrant should…
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