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Gruesome murder that dashed a family’s wedding plans

A farm hand tends to the late Paul Mainas' grave at Miche village, off the Nyeri - Karatina road, the deceased was killed by thugs on the eve of his brothers wedding.[ PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD]

They had all dressed colourfully to welcome their wedding guests but instead they received grieving neighbours arriving to view a badly mutilated body.

Yellow police tape – instead of colourful wedding ribbons – mapped out a crime scene in what would have been the reception area.

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