Court acquits nurse in case of house help burnt to death

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By Jane Echewodo

An Ikeja High Court, yesterday, discharged and acquitted a 55-year-old nurse, Nkese Iroakasi, charged with the murder of a minor (name withheld).

Delivering the judgment, Justice Raliatu Adebiyi, said the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased died as a result of the defendant’s action.

She ruled: “The defendant, Nkese Iroakasi, is hereby found not guilty of the one count charge of murder preferred against her. She is hereby discharged and acquitted and shall be released forthwith from custody.”

The Police had alleged that Iroakasi committed the offence at her Adeniran Ogunsanya Street residence in Surulere, Lagos, on July 27, 2013.

The prosecution also said Iroakasi had, on same date, set the minor ablaze over an allegation that she stole a piece of meat.

Mrs. R. O. Ahmed-Muili, the prosecuting counsel, said the deceased was…



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