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Josh Salisbury

Man freed from jail in Kenya after being convicted with Met officer’s ‘hearsay’ evidence

A man has been freed from jail in Kenya after 11 years after being convicted with “hearsay” testimony from a senior Met detective in a case linked to the murder of a British tourist.

Ali Kololo was granted bail on Friday at the Kenyan High Court after an appeal over his conviction for kidnap and robbery with violence linked to the killing of tourist David Tebbutt in 2011. The charges initially carried a death sentence.

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