A state high court in Ogidi, Anambra State, has sentenced a man, Chibuike Joseph, to life imprisonment for stabbing a man in 2017, but acquitted him of a murder charge.
The judgement, delivered on Wednesday by Justice Olisaemeka Okuma, followed the defendant’s trial on a two-count charge of murder and grievous harm.
The offences were brought under Sections 274(1) and 288(a), respectively, of the Criminal Code, Cap. 36, Vol. II, Laws of Anambra State, 1991.
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.
It said the victim was initially taken to Model Hospital, Nkpor, before being referred to New Mayor Hospital and Fertility Centre, Ogidi, where he died on 14 June 2017.
