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Vybz Kartel's murder conviction quashed

Vybez Kartel [Instagram]

Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel's murder conviction was on Thursday quashed by a London court after it emerged that there were attempts to bribe the trial jury.

The musician, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, was given a life sentence in 2014 for the killing of his associate Clive Williams 'Lizard', whose body has never been found.

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