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70-year-old stabs wife to death in Sh6,000 dispute

Crime scene tape [Courtesy]

Police are investigating an incident in which a 70-year-old man stabbed his wife to death after they reportedly differed over Sh6,000 they had raised from the sale of a goat.

According to the Embu East sub-County Police Commander Benjamin Muhia, the 42-year-old woman is said to have taken off with the money only to return to their home in Thau village drunk and with no money left.

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