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Henry Okah to serve 24 year jail term

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Nigerian terrorist Henry Okah will have to serve out his 24 year jail term for twin bombings in Nigeria in 2010 in South Africa.

This comes after the Constitutional Court removed a lifeline by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) which found that South African courts only have jurisdiction to try terrorists who are present in the country at the time of an attack.

The National Director of Public Prosecutions had secured the conviction and sentence in 2013.

The state appealed the SCA decision.

Justice Edwin Cameron delivered the unanimous judgment, dismissing Okah’s cross appeals.

“The irregularity regarding consular access did not result in a failure of justice and that Mr Okah’s convictions are therefore safe. The result is that court sets aside the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal and dismisses Mr Okah’s challenge to his conviction – the result is that all the convictions the High Court are reinstated together with the sentence of 24 years that it imposed.”



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