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Last chance for suspect in athlete Agnes Tirop's murder

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The late Agnes Tirop, former 500m World bronze medalist.

The High Court in Eldoret has granted Ibrahim Rotich, the key suspect in the murder of athlete Agnes Tirop, a last chance to pursue a plea bargain after a previous attempt to do so failed.

Justice Reuben Nyakundi said the defence team as well as the prosecution and the family's advocates had not agreed on the plea bargain request made by Rotich's lawyer in June last year.

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