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Ebuka Okoli: South African Police Officer Sentenced To 30 Years For Killing Nigerian
A South African police constable, Austin Reynold, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail by a court for killing a Nigerian man living in that country.
Twenty-four-year Reynold was accused of killing Ebuka Okoli in Durban, a coastal city in Kwa Zulu-Natal province in South Africa.
The court sentenced the policeman on Monday, three days after he was found guilty of shooting the victim at close range and robbing him during an unauthorised raid on a community where Okoli resided.
He was charged with one count of murder and three counts of robbery
Reynold was unlucky as his accomplice in the raid, Brinley Pallo, testified against him while giving his testimony before Judge Shyam Gyanda on Friday.
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Kelvin Agbogidi
December 2, 2019 at 3:40 pm
Nigerian authorities should learn from this. When a police officer is involved in extra judicial killing they should be sentenced to serve a long term in prison instead of the usual dismissal from the officer. It will go a long way to stem the tide of police brutality and killing