Delivers the following Judgment:
1- SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PROCEEDINGS:
The Plaintiffs who are Liberian Citizens were charged before the first judicial
Court Circuit Criminal Assizes B, Monrovia, Republic of Liberia for murder of
their ward, one Ms Meideh Togba, who was found hanging in one of the
bathroom of their home.
There were three independent autopsy reports on the cause of death. The first
report which was in favour of the Plaintiffs, attributed the cause of death to
asphyxia secondary to suicide and hanging, respectively. The second report
titled “Review of Post Mortem conducted on the deceased Ms Meideh Togba
by the fifth Defendant, an agent of the 2nd Defendant, at the request of the 1st
Defendant, contradicted the first report and revealed that body parts of the
deceased including vaginal wall, components, trachea and bronchial airways
were missing and concluded that the deceased was sexually molested and
strangled.
The Plaintiffs being dissatisfied with the review Report engaged the services
of three medical Doctors from the Nebraska Institute of Forensic Science to
conduct yet another independent examination as to the cause of death. The
Plaintiffs were tried convicted of the offence and sentenced to death, on the
strength of the review autopsy which the Court curiously admitted in preference
to the two others.
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