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| Kenny Richey, the Scot who spent 20 years on death row in the US, has arrived back home in Edinburgh and said "it feels great". | |
| Richey, 43, was freed after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors in Ohio over an arson attack in which two-year-old Cynthia Collins died in 1986. | Richey, 43, was freed after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors in Ohio over an arson attack in which two-year-old Cynthia Collins died in 1986. |
| His flight touched down at Edinburgh Airport at 1736 GMT. | |
| He said: "It's good to be back home." Richey left Edinburgh aged 18 to live with his American father in Ohio. | |
| Richey was convicted in 1987 of the arson attack on an apartment block in an Ohio town in which two-year-old Cynthia Collins died. | |
| But in August last year the sentence was overturned. | |
| On Monday, he pleaded no contest to charges of attempted involuntary manslaughter, child endangering and breaking and entering at the Putnam County Common Pleas Court in Ottawa, Ohio. | |
| He was sentenced to a total of 21 years - time which he has already served, most of it on death row. | |
| The 43-year-old has spent his first day of freedom being reunited with family members, including his brother Steven. | |
| PR guru Max Clifford, who is representing Richey, revealed the 43-year-old has sold his story to two newspapers |