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Assistant District Commandant (Conviction)

Volume 529: debated on Wednesday 7 July 1954

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asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the result of the prosecution in Kenya of Assistant District Commandant Howell for his part in the incident when Guchu Gaithongo set fire to oil poured on the head of a suspect under interrogation.

He was convicted on two counts of common assault, and fined a total of £20.