Ex-rugby player Alex Olaba has been sentenced to six years imprisonment after being found guilty of threatening to kill a witness in a rape case.
Olaba was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to defeat justice.
“Although the accused person is remorseful the offences he faces are serious. l convict and sentence him to serve six years in count one of conspiracy to kill and two years imprisonment in the second account of interference with judicial process,” Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo ruled on Wednesday, adding that the sentences will run concurrently.
Court heard that on diverse dates between April 14 and April 22, Olaba conspired to kill K.A and on April 22, 2023, he interfered with the trial process by attempting to cause the death of the key witness.
Mr Olaba is accused that on diverse dates between April 14 and 22, jointly with others not before the court, he conspired to kill one K.A.
He has been facing charges of rape alongside fellow rugby player Frank Wanyama. They are accused of jointly committing the offence on February 11, 2018, at an apartment in Highrise, Nairobi.
Olaba and Wanyama were found guilty of rape and had been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment each.
They filed a first appeal at the High Court, where Justice Ngenye Macharia quashed the sentence.
