, I live outside the t 9 w n . Wh en that one named C hibu1kc can ,c back , the Dd~m.lant quickl y kfl m hi s 111 0torcycle . She denied the suggesti on by the Defendant' s counsel that she took the de~c.;ased lo the tv1in,stry bcca 1se she believed what happened to th~ µec~c scJ was a spiritual attack . She insisted it wa5 because the decea ,;;c d 'was not responding l o treat ment in the hospi~.11. She further a<lmiltc<l tki : the, ,·i::- tcJ another prayer house call ed s· gns and wonders alter the first one hut did not "pend ~ night in any of the pra: e r hou~,es w, She admitted say in g in cour1 that the wife of th e I lau ~zi 1·1an c.-; a w 1t11ess but at the S tale C ID , she slated tlial tli c 1c wc1~ 11 u t.: )t: \\ 11111..:,:-- l \11\Vl vet she exp lained th at she staled ~0 beca11se th e I l:wsa woman ~cJ 1d she wou ld not co mL to Police SL1lio 11 to k sti \' . The photocopy of the st; 1temcnt of the wit ness to polic e made at 07111 ulu datc<l l l / 12/\ I w as admitted a1,d rn ar~ ed as Lx li1b1l Pl . She confinned that an Autopsy .vas carried out on the deceased but ndjcd that she <loes not know the doclor that carneJ ,t o ut . She fina\ly confirmed that on the day of th e incident , she saw brui se:• on the deceased cheek , head and waist. PW2 was one Maxwell Chukw1:ka Nzelu . He is the one of the sons of the Deceased . He recalled the said I 0th December 20 I I . His ve r sion was t lia1 0 11 his way from work around 8 .00am on d1at fateful day he recei ved a call fro1 P bis s iskr (PW l) who rcqucste<l that he rdums home immc<liatcly . 0 11 ge t! i1 1_.~; lo their house, he met the dece2.sed lying on a 81ong bench in the parlor . -; he appeared weak and her clothes were d;rty . Upon ~inquiry , the deceased told him the Defendant beat her up . This Nas because she preve nted the De fe ndant' s wife from carrying the wood bra11clies or the Avacado tree the Defendant cut previously . She stated that' wh en she ·vas µic king vegetables later in the day, the Defendant came back and sta rted cal ' ing her names. She was then dragged by the Defendant to the nearby garden wirhi n the compound where the Defendant's ' Nifejoined him and together they hc,1t her up . As she tried to run away, the Defendant kicked her and she fell , sustail'i ng an in\ury on her waist. They both hit her with sticks and p9ured sand on l1cr. All ti1e ·s houts of the deceased proved abortive as no one came out . Howl ver she told PW2 that she heard of the voic~ of one Mama Victor . --- ffLRTIFltD rn it co_r~ \ H. 0. [IKf.~N~~~U,\ A . C . RE ~~~)TiK~~ .n ~TF _1~_7:..J _.. _/_:~