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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Damien Gayle

Court backs CPS decision not to charge alleged killer of drowned boy

Christopher Kapessa
Christopher Kapessa, 13, drowned after being allegedly pushed into a river in Wales. Photograph: Family Handout/PA

The mother of a 13-year-old boy who drowned in a river in Wales has said her son’s alleged killer has got away “scot free” after the high court dismissed a challenge to a decision by prosecutors not to bring charges over his death.

Alina Joseph, the mother of Christopher Kapessa, said: “The [Crown Prosecution Service] have concluded that there is enough evidence to prosecute him for manslaughter.”

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