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The Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, UK, has sentenced Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ harvesting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His wife, Beatrice, was handed four years and six months jail term during the sentencing on Friday, BBC reports.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On March 23, the jury pronounced a guilty verdict on the senator, his wife, Beatrice, and Obinna Obeta, a doctor who acted as the middleman.<\/p>

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The jury held that they conspired to bring the 21-year-old at the centre of the matter to London to exploit him for his kidney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nThe verdict is the first of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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