I fell into a pit wi lhin th e filling station . He asked me to lc1 y down there /
obeyed him and bent down inside Lhe pit. Al th at lim e. the cle/'cndanl who is
in court now was sti 11 standing with th e petrol attendant. The one with the gun
\,V Cllt to them and pointed th e gun at th e petrol attendant. When he lei-l me , J
stood up in th e pil beca use it is a shallow pit I observed nml saw what
happen ed c lear ly. The defend ant in court now snatched th e mon ey wh ic h th e
female illlrndanl \V,.l.S holding and lhe yo un g men _j umped onlo a ye llo w carter
motor cycle and sped off '
The following is th e excerpts of th e cross examination of th e PW2
Qtn : at th e police stnti on, did the police conduct an identificntion parn de for
you lo icl entiry th e dclenclnnt ?
Ans: The poli ce did not conduct nn identilication parade for rne . 1 WEIS one of
th e people that rnug ht th e de fen dant and took h im to the po lice.
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Qtn : Did th e police conduct any parade for yo u to id entify the motor cycle
used in th e operation')
Ans : No . th e police did not conduct EJ ny ident ification parade or motor
C) clcs . I \\ ,is ,1rn ong th ose that took both the clclcnclanl and his mot or cycle lo
the po lice .
Qtn : Did yo u inform th e police that th e motor cycle yo u brought nlongside
the defendant was th e one used /or th e arm ed robbery '?
/\n s: Yes I told lhL' poli ce th at.
Qtn : did yo u rel I the police th at th e man yo u sa id that yo u brought vvas one
Of th e peo pl e who attempt ed to ro b yo u and who indeed robbed the CA PAD
fillin g station '7
Ans : I told the police that th e de/'endant is one of the persons that robbed th e
fillin g station .
Qin : \,\,ere yo u one of the people who pursu ed and caught the clefenclnnt ?
/\ns : l ,vas not one of them . Before I came, th e cle/'endant had been ca ught.
Qtn : can yu u tell the court, lh e nam es of those perso ns who pursued nncl
caught th e defendant '!
Ans : I cannot tell their names .
Qtn : Tell th e court where th e villagers caught the defendant ?
Ans : he was caught al Umubiara village. Agulu inside a farm vvhere he was
runnin g.
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~ire) CH I te lling lhi s court thul the villagers ,verc pursuing lwo rncn
Pag e
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