ANAMBRA COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH BY HANGING OVER RAPE, MURDER OF TEENAGE GIRL
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The Anambra High Court in Ogidi has given a death sentence by hanging to two men, Elochukwu Belonwu and Chukwuebuka Ofokwu, for the rape and murder of Jennifer Anene, a 17-year–old girl.On Friday, the presiding judge, U.I.Ndigwe, said the prosecution had shown the three charges against the defendants with enough proof to leave no doubt.
According to NAN, Ndigwe held that the evidence before the court established the guilt of both defendants on all counts. The judge said the defendants’ action is a desecration of societal values that require accountability.
During court proceedings, Florence Abadom-Igweike, the principal state counsel, said the deceased, who was reportedly battling mental illness, was reported missing on November 25, 2020, by her grandfather, Pius Anene.
Abadom-Igweike said that three days later, the first defendant’s wife told the deceased’s family that she had witnessed her husband and others sexually assaulting the girl while she was screaming for help.
The state counsel said that when the first defendant was confronted, he said he last saw the deceased in the company of the second defendant and denied allegations of sexual assault.
Abadom-Igweike said a mutual friend of the defendants, simply identified as Akpuchukwu, who is currently at large, brought the deceased home unconscious and fled the scene.
The defendants, who testified in their own defence, denied the allegations.
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