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Tue 05 May 2011Strauss-Kahn sent to Rikers Island
Managing director of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn was transferred to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail last night in a rapid and dramatic fall from grace after he was charged with trying to rape a hotel maid.
Separated from other inmates for his own safety, Mr Strauss-Kahn was put in a bare 3.5 x 4 metre cell and given basic bedding, a drinking cup, soap, shampoo and toothpaste.
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