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Sick Mombasa death-row inmate now jailed for 40 years

An ailing inmate who was convicted for murder in 2007 and has been in prison since then has been jailed by the High Court in Mombasa for 40 years from the date of arrest. 

Peter Mote Obero has been in jail since April 13, 2002, when he was arrested for murder. He was sentenced to hang in May 2007 and his plea to be freed collapsed on Thursday. He is now being held at Shimo la Tewa Prison in Mombasa. 

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