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British couple kidnap case marred by ‘flawed investigations’

British couple kidnap case marred by ‘flawed investigations’
Ali Babitu Kololo is led to court by police for the hearing of the kidnap case. (Photo:File/Standard)

Kenya: A Kenyan sentenced to death in July 2013 for the murder and kidnapping of a British couple on holiday at the coast, has filed a lawsuit in London accusing the UK Government of torture.

Ali Babitu Kololo, a 35-year-old father of two from Lamu, currently on death row at Shimo La Tewa Prison in Mombasa, was found guilty by a Kenyan court for being part of a gang that shot dead David Tebbut before kidnapping his wife, Judith.

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