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Kenyan policemen get sentences for murder of human rights lawyer

Three police officers and their civilian informant have been sentenced for the murder of Willie Kimani, his client and their driver [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]

A Kenyan court has handed long prison sentences to a former police officer, two serving ones and their civilian informant for the 2016 murder of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani.

The “court finds the murder most foul with its meticulous planning and execution,” the judge, Jessie Lessit, said on Friday.

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