Court sentences man to life imprisonment for grievous harm
The court relied substantially on the defendant’s voluntary confessional statement, which was admitted without objection, in which he admitted initiating the fight and stabbing the victim with a broken bottle.
The prosecution told the court that on 7 June 2017 at Limca Road, Nkpor, the defendant armed himself with a broken bottle and stabbed the victim on the neck, shoulder and chest during an altercation over N500.
In his judgement, Justice Okuma held that the prosecution failed to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the injuries inflicted by the defendant directly caused the victim’s death.
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