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Secti rn 272
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··A pcrwn who u11ltrnf,1/ly kill.\· am~t/1er in
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·1he Defe nda nt , Chi gbo Nzelu is foun d guilty of 111: -. nslaughter as it
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upo n the assa ult of I0 th December 2011 ·and 1s convicted
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