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Delta State High Court sitting at Obiaruku Judicial Division has sentenced a
38- year old welder, Onyeka Ossai, to death by hanging for armed robbery and
attempted murder.
The
court found the accused guilty on the four-count charge of conspiracy to commit
murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearms and
was sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery.
The
court in its verdict also held that prosecution was able to prove beyond
reasonable doubt essential ingredients of the charges proffered against the
accused person by the state and was sentenced to 14 years in jail for
conspiracy to commit murder, seven years imprisonment for attempted murder and
10 years in jail for illegal possession of firearms.
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