A Rivers State High court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a dismissed police Sergeant, James Imanilu to death by hanging for the murder of a commercial driver David Legbara. Justice Elsie Thompson while delivering her judgment, found Sergeant Imanilu guilty for the murder of Late Legbara who was murdered which took place at Wimpy junction in Port Harcourt in 2015.
Justice Thompson said evidence before the court showed that the defendant intentionally fired a bullet at the commercial driver. The judge described the dismissed Sergeant as a serial trigger-happy policeman that should not be allowed to remain in society.
News Echo reports that the trial Judge said the court found the former policeman guilty having looked at his extra-judicial and confessional statements as well as the evidence presented by the prosecution team and their witnesses. A representative of a legal Aide council in Rivers State who defended the former policeman Sergeant in an interview with newsmen said they will study the judgment to know the next line of action.