"She Took My Eye, Got 10 Years… Now She's Free" – Lindsay Soila's Story | Iko Nini

👁️ On 9 September 2023, Lindsay Soila was sitting in her boyfriend's car in Lang'ata when a woman she had seen only once before started smashing the window with stones. Minutes later a stone hit her eye. She lost the sight in her left eye permanently. The woman was convicted of grievous harm and sentenced to 10 years. Her appeal was dismissed. Then came phone calls from family and "representatives", talk of a presidential pardon, an offer of "two million before Monday", a Miss Lang'ata Prison crown, and on 7 October 2026 a sentence review that released her on probation. Lindsay says she was never consulted. This is Lindsay's story in her own words: the night of the attack, losing an eye at 3 hospitals in one night, learning to walk again without depth perception, the court case, the messages from that night, and why she's asking the ODPP to look into how the sentence was reduced. We also read the other side's public post on air. On this episode: 🚗 The night of 9 September 2023 🪨 Stones, glass & "she was here for me" 🏥 Lang'ata, Mbagathi, KNH & Nairobi Hospital in one night 👁️ "You will not see with your left eye again" 🚶🏾‍♀️ Learning to live without depth perception ⚖️ 10 years for grievous harm, appeal dismissed 📱 The WhatsApp messages from that night 👑 Miss Lang'ata Prison: "A crown doesn't mean a change of heart" 📞 Calls, a presidential pardon & "two million before Monday" 🔓 Released on probation: "No one asked me" 🗳️ Politics, votes & justice 🚪 "What happened to walking away?" The criminal conviction is a matter of court record. The release, the offers and the settlement claims are Lindsay's account; the civil case is ongoing and has not been decided. Should she have been released early? Tell us in the comments 👇 SIGN UP ON LemFi using the IKONINI referral code, click on this link https://referral.lemonade.finance/invite/jmbLoTGSeDjjrCQa9 Iko Nini is a Kenya podcast that covers everything Kenyan entertainment, politics & social issues SUPPORT IKO NINI THROUGH CASHAPP $IKONINI BECOME A MEMBER FOR EARLY ACCESS & EXCLUSIVE CONTENT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5h4-WH0LAV4CWs380yM33A/join CHAPTERS 0:00 Coming up 0:30 A special show on violence in relationships 1:00 Meet Lindsay Soila 1:49 9 September 2023: the day 2:30 A drink, a dead car battery & a long wait 4:17 Lang'ata, near Motown 4:38 An Uber parks in front of the car 5:16 She starts banging the window 6:14 The first encounter: a push at Motown 7:30 The messages & the photos 8:30 Why did no one intervene? 9:33 The window gives in 10:30 "Let me step out and talk to her" 11:23 The stone 11:53 "She was here for me" 12:20 Chased with a stone 13:30 Ubers refuse, a boda rider helps 14:30 Lang'ata, Mbagathi, then KNH 16:30 Nairobi Hospital 17:24 "You will not see with your left eye" 18:01 A ruptured eye globe 19:00 Surgery: evisceration & a prosthesis 20:00 Statements, the DCI & the P3 21:46 Can you drive with one eye? 22:24 Losing depth perception 23:00 Learning to live again 24:10 LemFi: send money home with the IKONINI code 25:24 Arrest & first court date 26:30 The charges 27:28 One year in court 28:22 Her Facebook post: "My boyfriend was cheating" 30:22 Two different accounts 30:56 The WhatsApp messages from that night 37:04 The court proceedings 37:30 Victim impact: "She has shown no remorse" 40:00 10 years for grievous harm 40:21 Miss Lang'ata Prison: are we glorifying criminals? 41:56 "A crown doesn't mean a change of heart" 42:30 Sponsored: My Diaspora Nexus 43:14 The appeal no one told her about 43:39 Calls from family & "representatives" 47:00 A presidential pardon? 48:36 A third of the sentence 48:54 An "activist" with connections 49:49 "Come to court and say you've forgiven her" 50:56 Incognito in court 51:43 A political aspirant tries to help 54:12 "Two million before Monday" 55:17 "We will not be intimidated" 55:26 Released on probation 56:30 Her post: the sentence review 58:46 Why wasn't the victim consulted? 59:42 A call to the ODPP 1:00:00 "Something in me died again" 1:00:48 TikTok & the "side chick" narrative 1:04:30 The civil suit 1:06:00 Kenya's justice system: half baked 1:07:00 Elections & political influence 1:08:50 "What happened to walking away?" 1:10:30 Violence can never be excused #IkoNini #LindsaySoila #KenyaJustice #KenyanPodcast #EndViolence