/ 5 February 1999

WARD MURDER TRIAL DELAYED

THE trial of a former Kenyan game park warden on charges of murdering British tourist Julie Ward in September 1988 was postponed in the Nairobi High Court on Thursday. Judge Daniel Aganyanya postponed the trial to February 26 to give prosecutors time to gather more evidence in the trial of Simon ole Makallah, now assistant director of the Kenyan Wildlife Service. Makallah has pleaded not guilty to killing Ward whose charred remains were found in the Masai Mara game reserve.

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