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Court orders self-confessed serial killer Phillip Onyancha re-tried

Self-confessed serial killer Philip Onyancha at the High Court during the hearing of a case in which he was facing murder charges. [Photo by Fidelis Kabunyi/Standard]

The High Court has ordered self-confessed serial killer Phillip Onyancha to be tried afresh, citing a mistrial.

Eight years after he was charged alongside Douglas Obiero and Tobias Nyabuhanga for killing 18 women, the court found that there were grave procedural errors during the trial. The court said it could not determine whether or not they were guilty of murder.

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