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Police errors hand death row inmate freedom

Judges found that Kennedy Kemboi was not properly identified. [iStockphoto]

A death row inmate walked scot-free after the Court of Appeal sitting in Nakuru established that police failed to conduct an identification parade.

Kennedy Kemboi was convicted and sentenced to suffer death for violent robbery and attempted rape, an offence he committed on June 5, 2010.

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