Tina Amanda
The suspected serial killer, Gracious David West, has denied all the confessional statements he made at the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad office Rukpokwu, in Obio Akpor local government area of the state.
Gracious West, at the resumption of his murder and attempted murder trial on Friday, denied the statements while being cross-examined.
West told the court that the SARS officers threatened him with guns to make the confessional statements, adding that the statements were not written nor signed by him.
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He further told the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt that the statements were recorded in six days and the statements were not read out to him at the end of each day
West stressed that he only signed the statements in the SARS Commander’s office on the 7th day in the presence of the Commander and other highly-ranked Police officers after the statements were read to him.
He told the court that the SARS officers also took him into a room filled with several dangerous weapons and lots of bloodstains while alleging that the officers threaten to kill him if does not confess. He further noted that he was hit severally with gun butts.
The suspected serial killer further testified that the SARS officers denied him access to his lawyer whom he claimed was chased away from the SARS premises and was also told that his client is not entitled to have a lawyer.
Our reporter Tina Amanda reports that the presiding Judge, Justice Adolphus Enebeli adjourned to 28th February for continuation of cross-examination.
