Ex-boyfriend who set f-ire on olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, is dead | Read More
Dickson Ndiema, the ex-boyfriend who set Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei ok fire last Sunday, has also died.
Trustbase News had reported that 33 years old Ugandan, Cheptegei died suffered several organ failure and died three days after she sustained 80% burns from the attack kn Eldoret, Kenya.
Ndiema was also hospitalised as he got 30% burns from the attack.
Kenyan police had said he would be detained once he had recovered enough from his injuries.
In a twist of fate, officials on Tuesday morning, said that Ndiema also died from his injuries.
A statement read: “Dickson Ndiema Marangach has died from 30 per cent burns he sustained when he set his girlfriend Rebecca Cheptegei ablaze last week.
“The police believe he was burnt by the same petrol he used in setting Rebecca ablaze following a dispute over ownership of land one of them had bought.”
The pair were heard by neighbours arguing loudly at Cheptegei’s home in Kenya’s western Trans Nzoia County where the athlete had recently moved to be closer to superior Kenyan training facilities.
Ndiema is said to have snapped and doused her with petrol from a jerry can before setting her alight.
Neighbours who heard the commotion came running to discover the Olympian engulfed in flames and tried to extinguish them, to no avail.
Agnes Barabara, who lives adjacent to Cheptegei’s home, told the BBC: ‘When I came out, I saw Rebecca running towards my house on fire, shouting: help me.
