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Man convicted over role in kidnapping, killing of British tourist wins bid for freedom

Ali Kololo (centre), a former hotel worker at a lodge in Lamu County, being led to court in 2013. [File, Standard]

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has conceded to an appeal filed by Ali Batitu Kololo who has been behind bars for 11 years over the murder of a British tourist David Tebbutt and the kidnapping of his wife Jude in 2011.

In a step that now brings Kololo's freedom closer, the DPP has filed a concession in court arguing that the magistrate's court erred by relying on hearsay.

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