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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Anahita Hossein-Pour

Human rights breach for murderer over ‘excessive length’ of criminal proceedings

Obina Ezeoke was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 40 years after being convicted of double murder following an unprecedented five successive trials at the Old Bailey (Handout/PA) - (PA Media)

A man jailed for murdering a mother-of-nine and her sleeping nephew in their own home was found to have his human rights breached over the “excessive length” of time taken for criminal proceedings against him.

Drug dealer Obina Ezeoke killed Annie Ekofo, 53, and psychology student Bervil Ekofo, 21, in a flat in East Finchley, north London, on September 15 2016.

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