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Three police officers sentenced to life imprisonment in Anambra
Three ex-police officers will spend the rest of their lives in jail for killing a man in Anambra, a court in the south east state has ruled.
The cops were convicted and sentenced by an Anambra State High Court in Onitsha over the murder of one Chukwunonso Uchenwoke.
The 42-year-old deceased, who hailed from Mbosi in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state, was said to have been killed by the convicts while trying to apprehend him over an alleged assault and malicious damage.
The incident happened on May 14, 2016, at No 13 Ibe Street, East Niger Layout, Okpoko in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state and in the Onitsha Judicial Division.
After the incident, the ex-police officers whose names were given as Juliet Ekwueme, Ugochukwu Obiakor and Raphael Chike, were said to have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force.
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The court presided over by Justice A.O. Okuma, on Wednesday, held that the Prosecution Counsel proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and found the accused persons guilty of conspiracy and murder charges preferred against them.
Justice Okuma averred that the charges violated to Sections 495(a) and 274(I) of the Criminal Code Cap 36 Volume II, Revised Laws of Anambra State of Nigeria 1991 as amended.
The three of them were all convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment for conspiracy and life imprisonment for manslaughter.
Trulaw Chambers, through her Principal Counsel, C.J. Okeke Esq., prosecuted the case with the Fiat of the Anambra State Attorney General.
Reacting to the judgement, the Prosecutor, Okeke, described it as yet another victory and a succinct reminder that justice is still tenable with the right legal representatives.
The counsel for the first defendant, G.A Oluwatuase, said he would appeal the judgement for his client, just as the counsel for the second defendant, C.E Ezenwa Esq. while that of the third defendant, C.J Agbata, said they needed a copy of the judgement to determine their next line of action
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