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| Eight months for Kenya aristocrat | Eight months for Kenya aristocrat |
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| A white Kenyan aristocrat convicted of the manslaughter of a poacher on his estate in 2006 has been sentenced to eight months in prison. | A white Kenyan aristocrat convicted of the manslaughter of a poacher on his estate in 2006 has been sentenced to eight months in prison. |
| The judge told a packed courtroom that he had decided to give Thomas Cholmondeley a light sentence. | The judge told a packed courtroom that he had decided to give Thomas Cholmondeley a light sentence. |
| The Eton-educated 40-year-old has spent the last three years in jail. | The Eton-educated 40-year-old has spent the last three years in jail. |
| Last week, the judge cut Cholmondeley's murder charge to manslaughter as he did not show "malice aforethought" in the shooting of Robert Njoya. | Last week, the judge cut Cholmondeley's murder charge to manslaughter as he did not show "malice aforethought" in the shooting of Robert Njoya. |
| The case, involving the descendant of one of Kenya's first British settlers, has attracted huge media attention. | The case, involving the descendant of one of Kenya's first British settlers, has attracted huge media attention. |
| There should not be one law for the rich and another for the poor Justice Muga Apondi Profile: Thomas Cholmondeley | |
| Justice Muga Apondi told the court he had not taken into account the accused's offer to pay compensation to the dead man's family. | |
| "There should not be one law for the rich and another for the poor," the judge said. | |
| But he noted the accused had used his own car to take the man to hospital, after shooting him. | |
| Justice Apondi said the process had humbled the accused, so he wanted to deliver a light sentence, which is to start immediately, to let him reflect on his life. | |
| After the sentence was read out, people started protesting in court and waving placards, one of which read: "The Butcher of Naivasha." | |
| In 2005 Cholmondeley admitted shooting a Maasai ranger, but the case was dropped owing to insufficient evidence. | |
| That decision provoked outrage and mass protests among the Maasai community. |