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Akasha son to be sentenced today

Baktash Akasha at the Mombasa Court in Mombasa County during their second day in Court. Kelvin Karani/Standard]

Confessed drug-trafficker Baktash Akasha will today know his fate when he appears before a New York court for sentencing.

Baktash (pictured) could be facing life in prison, which is the maximum sentence for drug-related offences. He pleaded guilty together with his brother Ibrahim Akasha to at least six counts of drug trafficking in the US last year.

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