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The court has set free a man who stabbed his wife 17 times during a domestic violence row.
Peninah Wangechi, told Principal Magistrate Alice Mwangi that she has withdrawn assault charges against her husband Samuel Ndirangu.
She requested the Principal Magistrate to have the charges against Mr Ndirangu dropped.
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Woman survives 17 stab wounds in marital row
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However, Principal Magistrate Mwangi asked whether Wangechi had been coerced to withdraw the case but she insisted that she wanted the charges dropped out of her own free will.
Not coerced
“I have not been coerced. I have decided to forgive him and let the matter go,” Ms Wangechi told the court.
She further told the court that they were still living apart after the assault that left her with stab wounds on her back, chest and face.
Woman survives 17 stab wounds in marital row
In April 2019, Wangechi was admitted at the Karatina Sub County Hospital on after the knife attack by her husband.
Ms Wangechi said that her husband waited until she fell asleep before attacking her.