Tom Oywa Mboya, a businessman accused of attempting to kill Ronalo Foods restaurant owner William Osewe, has been found guilty of the offence.
Mboya was accused of shooting Osewe following a fight over a woman at Garden Estate in Kasarani.
Milimani chief magistrate Martha Mutuku found him guilty of also unlawfully wounding Wilfred Tembula.
“I have considered the evidence before the court and it is not in dispute that Mboya shot Osewe. He did so not once but four times. I dismiss the defence as the prosecution has proved count number one and found him guilty of the offence under Section 215 of the CPC,” she ruled.
Mboya will be held at Industrial Area remand prison until 4th October when the sentence will be read.
In December 2016, Mboya testified that he was on Garden Estate when Osewe came shouting that he was going to kill him.
He said that he shot once at Osewe’s hand and shot again twice in the air.
Osewe was admitted at the Aga Khan Hospital’s High Dependency Unit (HDU) where he underwent surgeries to remove the bullets.
Mboya surrendered himself to Kasarani Police Station and admitted shooting the restaurateur in self-defence.
He was arraigned in court where he pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder in 2017 and is out on Sh300,000 bail.