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Kora was later convicted of involvement in a conspiracy to rape six prostitutes including Ms Blamires.
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Conde specializes in playing the kora, a harp-like instrument, and describes himself as a griot, a storyteller who keeps tradition going through generations.
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The trio, who previously lived in Daisy Hill Road, Bradford, fled the country in March 2008 after the gang's leader Lubomir Kora was arrested.
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The kora, an African harp, comprises a cowhide-covered calabash and a long hardwood neck and sounds like a blend of Irish harp and keyed dulcimer.
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Kora was arrested a few days later when police located his vehicle and they also seized a mobile phone containing images of one of the rapes.
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Prosecutor Stephen Wood told the court how Kora had taken photographs on his mobile phone of the three defendants gang raping the second prostitute in his car.
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Powered by an instrumental pulse of traditional Kora harp, guitars and percussion, the track moves through a dizzying array of styles and performers each remarkable and distinctive.
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Mr Wood told the court the three defendants must have found out about Kora's arrest because they travelled to London and booked one-way bus tickets to Presou, Slovakia.
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He is a sensitive partner in duos (with guitarist Bill Frisell and kora master Foday Musa Suso, among others) and within collectives (he first recorded "Oneness" in 1995, with guitarist John Abercrombie and bassist Dave Holland, in the leaderless Gateway Trio).
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