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PW1 was not re-examined and the Prosecution closed its case.
The Defendant opened his case on the 16th of November 2A22.
He is a male, adult, christian, affirmed, spoke English and was
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lives at 4, Ogbiku close, Warri, Delta State. He is a University
cautioned on Section 206 Evidence
graduate who works in his father's industry as a manager.
The Dofendant testified that in the early hours of 22nd of Jupe
2019, at about 5am to 6am, he was abruptly and violently woken up
from sleep by 2 to 3 young men in his room at the time. He wasn,t
alone in the room. There was someone else sleeping in the room with
him. At that time, there was prevalent news of armed robbery and
other crimes. He thought it was armed robbersror burglars who broke
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into the accommodatiott. According to the Defendant, the men were
asking for his Iphone, offi, and laptop. He told them, under physical
assault, that he does not have any of these items in his possession. He
also told them thathe was on a visit to the occupant of the house who
was a friend or acquaintance he knew through someone at the time,
one Okoro Tlmi. He told them his only possession was his Nokia
torch light phone which he was charging in the sitting room and he
pointed them to a gaming console , that these are the only iten:s he
brought to that house. He was physically bundled outside. Three (3)
canisters
of pepper spray and tear gas were thrown into the
was brought outside, he observed that the men
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