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Hawker spends two years in jail for ‘walking in funny way’

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A man has spent the last two years in jail after he was arrested for “walking in a funny manner” while hawking biscuits.

Charles Karani was jailed by the magistrate’s court for five years in 2015, after he was found guilty of carrying a panga, which the court heard was an indication that he was planning a robbery.

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