Tag: murder trial
Final arguments begin in Pistorius murder trial
South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius returned to the dock on Thursday to hear concluding arguments in his murder trial, with…
4 ‘Yahoo boys’ remanded for murder
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court, Isabo, Abeokuta today ordered four suspected Internet fraudsters…
Murder trial opens for S. Korea ferry captain and crew
The highly charged trial of 15 crew members from South Korea’s ferry disaster began Tuesday to shouts of “murderers” from…
Analysis: Pistorius contradicts himself in the dock
Oscar Pistorius did himself more harm than good when he took the witness stand, say South African lawyers. Throughout five…
14 year-old bride charged with murder
A 14 year-old bride, Wasila Tasi’u, was on Monday charged before a Rijiyar Zaki Magistrates’ Court in Kano for alleged…
Pistorius killed Steenkamp after argument, says prosecutor
Oscar Pistorius argued with his girlfriend shortly before shooting her dead, the prosecution lawyer alleged Monday as his gruelling cross-examination…
Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp was scared of me
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s Star Paralympian, returned to the witness box at his murder trial on Tuesday, insisting he and…
Murder trial: Pistorius opens defence
Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius called a forensic pathologist to the stand Monday to open his defence in the trial over…
Judge adjourns Pistorius murder trial
The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial on Friday adjourned the case for more than a week — just before…
Arowolo: The journey to the gallows
Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Nigerian high court in Ikeja on Friday, 21 February 2014, sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death…
Arowolo Sentenced To Death For Killing Banker Wife
Henry Ojelu & Irene Nwaro Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Ikeja High Court Friday sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death over…
Arowolo gets judgment day over wife’s murder
Henry Ojelu A Nigerian high court in Ikeja, capital of Lagos State, has fixed Friday, 21 February for judgment in…
Witness delays trial of ex-cop for murder
A Nigerian High Court in Igbosere, Lagos Island, on Monday adjourned the murder trial of an ex-police officer, Segun Fabunmi,…
South Africa appoints judge for Pistorius trial
South Africa’s Department of Justice on Monday in Cape Town confirmed that 66-year-old judge, Thokozile Masipa, would preside at the…
Nigerian Police corporal to die by hanging
A Nigerian High Court in Gusau, capital of Zamfara state has sentenced a police corporal, Anthony Azare, attached to Kaura…