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Court sentences Rivers serial killer, David-West to death

An High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers has condemned a serial killer, Gracious David-West, to death by hanging for murdering nine young women at different hotels in the state.

Davis-West. who hails from Rivers, killed his victims between July and September, 2019 and his attempt to kill his 10th victim identified as Benita Etim triggered an investigation that led to his arrest.

The trial judge, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, who found him guilty following diligent prosecution by the state, said he should be hanged in the neck until he was confirmed dead.

The second defendant in the case, Nimi ThankGod, a manager of one of the hotels in Port Harcourt where one of the young women was killed, was however discharged and acquitted by the judge following failures of the prosecuting lawyer to link her to the crime.

However, the prosecuting lawyer, Chidi Ekeh, said David-West did not deserve any leniency and urged the court to ensure justice in the matter.

The convict had during his arrest and parade by the police in September, 2019, confessed to killing seven young women; one in Lagos, one in Owerri, Imo State, and five in Rivers State.

Speaking outside the courtroom, Ekeh said the judgement would serve as a deterrence to other persons with such intensions of crime.

“With respect to the second defendant, she escaped by the whiskers, not that the offence with which she was charged was not committed, but it was difficult to determine who exactly did it as the witnesses, who would have ordinarily provided that answer suddenly disappeared from the state until date.

“I am happy that this judgement was given, it would serve as a deterrent to all such persons with such disposition who are always taking to crime to know that their consequences.”

On his part the lawyer to David-West, Vincent Chukwu vowed to appeal the judgement.

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