{"id":134677,"date":"2026-03-18T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kericho-man-charged-with-murdering-100-year-old-mother-in-inheritance-dispute\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:02:57","slug":"kericho-man-charged-with-murdering-100-year-old-mother-in-inheritance-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kericho-man-charged-with-murdering-100-year-old-mother-in-inheritance-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Kericho man charged with murdering 100-year-old mother in inheritance dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 18 \u2014 A man in Kericho County has been charged with murdering his 100-year-old mother by allegedly ramming her with a motor vehicle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said on Wednesday that Julius Cheruiyot Bett is accused of killing Grace Chelangat on March 7 in Kiptere Location, Sigowet Sub-County.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, led by David Fedha, the killing was linked to a dispute over inheritance of family property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is alleged that the accused rammed and killed his mother with a motor vehicle,\u201d the ODPP said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused had been pestering for inheritance of the property, which led to the killing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bett pleaded not guilty before Justice Joseph Sergon. Bail was denied following opposition from the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The case is scheduled for mention on May 12 for pre-trial proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Bett faces charges under Sections 203 and 204 of the Penal Code, which relate to murder.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 18 \u2014 A man in Kericho County has been charged with murdering his 100-year-old mother by allegedly ramming her with a motor vehicle. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said on Wednesday that Julius Cheruiyot Bett is accused of killing Grace Chelangat on March 7 in Kiptere Location, Sigowet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}