Wife's Torture Forced My Son to Plunge Car Into Likoni Channel - Mother

John Mutinda's family has claimed that he was driven to plunge himself into the Indian Ocean at the Likoni Channel by an abusive spouse.

Speaking to Daily Nation from her home in Kyanika, Kitui County on Tuesday, December 10, Mutinda's mother - Musangi Mutinda, accused her daughter-in-law of physical and mentally tormenting her son to a point where he found no reason to live.

“My son died out of depression and despair because of the domestic violence and marital anguish he endured at home," she stated.

“It is, therefore, wrong for his wife to insinuate he had gone mad,” she added.

Ruth Mueni, the widow of John Mutinda, who plunged to his death at the Likoni Channel on Saturday, December 7, 2019

According to Ms Musangi, her son even bore marks of inhumane torture allegedly inflicted on him by his wife, Rose Mueni, going on to claim that he was recovering from severe burns after he was scalded with hot water back in November 2019.

“After she scalded him with hot water, she rushed to lodge a complaint at Central Police Station in Mombasa, prompting police to lock up my son for four days," the mother claimed, adding that he was later released without charges.

She went on to implore the police to investigate Ms Mueni, pleading with them to carry out a post-mortem to ascertain her claims of physical abuse.

On her part, the widow claimed that Mutinda received a call from his father just before his tragic death, adding that his last moments were haphazard and that he kept on mumbling words she could not comprehend.

KTN was first to report that Mutinda hastily left the house, without wearing a shirt, and drove into the channel on the day of the tragic incident.

The body of John Mutinda whose car plunged into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, December 7, 2019.
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