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Rape suspect set free over 'sham' evidence

Police investigate.[Standard]

A court in Maralal, Samburu County, has acquitted a man accused of raping a woman.

Senior Principal Magistrate Temba Sitati acquitted Joseph Lokwawi, saying the evidence presented by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) was manufactured.

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