Having been convicted of serial killing, a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers has condemned, Gracious David-West, a serial killer to death by hanging.
David-West was found guilty of murdering nine young women at different hotels in River state.
It was gathered that Davis-West 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 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.
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The lawyer to David-West, Vincent Chukwu, in his plea of allocutus on behalf of his client, begged the court for leniency on the grounds that he was a father of three young children.
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.
