A man in Samoa spent nearly five extra years in prison because no one realised that his two sentences should have been served concurrently, not consecutively. Sio Agafili should have been released in 2015 but the mistake was only noticed by supreme court justice Leiataualesa Daryl Clarke last week. “I lost count of the days,” said Agafili. “I don’t remember much about when I should be out, I just know I had to serve my time.”
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More pleasant accommodation can be found in a luxury hotel in South Africa that has been created in a train permanently parked on a bridge. Kruger Shalati consists of 24 rooms in retired (and refurbished) railway carriages over the Sabie River in Kruger National Park. Stays at the hotel, which include meals and guided game drives to see the park’s wildlife, begin at £415 per night.
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