Robert F Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan granted parole

Sirhan Sirhan arrives for a parole hearing(California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/AP)

US senator Robert F Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan has been granted parole.

The decision by a California Parole Board panel came after two of RFK’s sons went against several of their siblings’ wishes and supported releasing Sirhan, and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars.