Court to Sentence Venezuelan First Secretary for Murder

The court found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty of murdering the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador about 10 years ago at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighborhood.

“Dwight Segaray, who was the first secretary at the embassy, was found guilty of the July 2012 killing of Olga Fonseca,” judge Roselyn Korir said in her ruling.

The court also convicted three Kenyans who had been charged alongside Segaray, saying they were involved in a common plan to carry out the murder.

Fonseca, 57, was found strangled in her bedroom less than two weeks into her posting to Nairobi, which followed the abrupt departure of the previous ambassador after he was accused by his domestic staff of sexual harassment.

Sagaray, who had been heading the mission before the arrival of Fonseca, was angered by her presence since he wanted to continue overseeing the embassy, the court found.

 According to the court , he stood to benefit from the crime, adding there was evidence that  he had tried to interfere with Fonseca’s ability to take over as the head of the embassy before she was killed.