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No chance to plea saves man from long sentence

The Court of Appeal came to his rescue, finding that his mental state was not assessed.

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by GORDON OSEN

Realtime01 March 2025 - 05:22
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A man convicted of killing his two and-a-half-year-old son did not get a chance to plead for mercy before the High Court, and that turned out to be his saving grace.

Roma Furaha was convicted of poisoning his son, Lawrence Roma, on September 2, 2018. Furaha also took the poison but survived, while the child was not so lucky.

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