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Regine Butt, the second wife of the late Mombasa businessman Shahid Butt, tries to gain entry to her Mkomani home in Mombasa County on Friday. [Photo/Kelvin Karani/Standard]
The succession battle over the multi-billion-shilling estate of slain Mombasa tycoon Shahid Butt escalated after the Court of Appeal in Malindi on Friday ordered one of the widows, Akhtar, to vacate his palatial residence in Mkomani.
The order sparked off violence between the warring parties as they went for each other's throats over who was entitled to the palatial residence, which both widows claim.
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