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Court frees man who was to hang for stabbing wife 20 times

Justice Eric Ogola. [File, Standard]

In what could be a precedent-setting ruling, a man who had been sentenced to hang for stabbing his wife 20 times to death has been set free by the High Court in Mombasa.

Juma Mzuri Chovu walked to his freedom courtesy of the constitution promulgated in 2010 that declared mandatory death sentence unconstitutional, but on conditions set by the High Court.

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