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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Double killer gets £7,500 payout for human rights breaches as taxpayers foot £234,000 legal bill

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation and taxpayers will foot a £234,000 legal bill after the High Court ruled his treatment in prison breached his human rights.

Fuad Awale was convicted in January 2013 of the execution-style shooting of two teenagers and given a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years, then he was subsequently given a further six years for threatening to kill a prison officer.

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