When 33-year-old Lucy Njeri left her Gathanji Village in Githunguri, Kiambu County for Jordan six years ago, she did not know she would end up in Jweida Prison for 20 years.
Njeri according to People Daily was convicted of murder in 2019. A Jordanian-based court found her guilty of the murder of her alleged boyfriend, Sudanese national by the name Bakri H.
Bakri was found dead at a house he lived with Njeri in Amman, Jordan’s capital city.
Njeri was the prime suspect in the murder case as she was the last person seen with the deceased before his death.
However, she maintains that she is innocent. She told the police in a statement that when she got into the house, she found Bakri holding a knife.
Her pleas with him not to hurt himself fell on deaf ears as he sliced his wrist and slashed his throat just as Njeri tried to dash forward to stop him.
Njeri in her statement added that she tried to stop his bleeding but it suffocated Bakri.
A pathology report present in court indicated that Bakri was “strangled” and which incriminated Njeri even more. The forensic expert said the deceased’s mouth has sores from the blocked air path.
Police also said that they found alcohol in the house.
Her mother, 57-year-old Rahab Wanjiru says that they had been expecting her to return home after her arrest in 2018.
Wanjiru said that when they talked before the ruling, her daughter would assure her that all would be well until 2019 when she was convicted. She has never heard from her since then.
“My daughter had assured me on several calls that she made whenever she got a chance that she would win the case and immediately she was set free would come back home, I do not believe that I have to wait for the next 18 years before I can see her,” Wanjiru further told People Daily.
Her father James Kuria said they have visited the Jordanian Embassy in Nairobi but have not been successful.
The embassy asked them to write a letter detailing the kind of help they need, so was the same directive by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but nothing has been forthcoming, not even a response.
Her mother said that whenever she talked with Njeri during the trial, she maintained that she was innocent.