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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A descendant of Kenya's most famous white settlers fatally shot a black man on his vast estate simply because the man was poaching a gazelle, not because he posed any threat, a prosecutor said Monday in a case that has stirred racial tensions in East Africa.
Prosecutor Keriako Tobiko offered revenge as the motive at the start of the murder trial of Thomas Cholmondeley, 38, who says the May shooting was in self-defense. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
The case marks the second time in just over a year that Cholmondeley killed a black man on the family's sprawling farm in the Rift Valley — a region dubbed "Happy Valley" because of the decadent lifestyles of its colonial settlers. Charges were dropped in the earlier case, prompting protests that Cholmondeley got special treatment.
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