Crime
Woman ‘chews’ man’s organ, faces trial
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 32-year-old woman, Rose Stephen, at a Chief Magistrates Court in Kaduna on charges of biting off man’s finger during a fight.
Rose Stephen, residing at Barnawa, Kaduna, is facing a two-count charge of assault and causing grievous harm.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, narrated in court that Francis Timothy of same address, reported the matter at the Barnawa Police Station on September 5.
Leo said that the woman being prosecuted had a quarrel with the man, and she attacked the victim, biting off his right-hand finger in the fight.
The prosecutor argued that the offences contravened the Kaduna State Penal Code.
The woman, on the reading of the charges to her, pleaded not guilty.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, however, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N150, 000 with a surety in like sum.
Magistrate Emmanuel mandated that the surety should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years tax payment to the Kaduna State Government.
He, thereafter, adjourned the case to September 30 for hearing.
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