Man severed corpse’s finger for it to return to tell his tale
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Man severed corpse’s finger for it to return to tell his tale
PORT MORESBY: A man who severed a finger of a corpse so that it could feel the pain and return to him to reveal his cause of death was remanded
in Buimo Prison.
Lae committal court magistrate Pious Tapil described
the case as serious as there were many allegations of sorcery in communities.
He told Napo Poareo, 32, that he was charged with one
count of misconduct with regards to a corpse and remanded him until the next
hearing on Feb 4.
The weird case was reported by The National:
Man remanded
in prison for severing finger of a corpse
January 6, 2022The
NationalNational
A MAN who severed a finger of a
corpse was remanded at Buimo prison to await further police investigations.
Lae committal court Magistrate Pious Tapil described the case as serious as
there were many allegations of sorcery in communities.
Magistrate Tapil told Napo Pogareo, 32, from Tarikagan village, Rai Coast in
Madang, that he was charged with one count of misconduct with regards to a
corpse and remanded him until Feb 4 for mention.
Police claimed that Pogareo committed the offence on Christmas Day at around
12.30pm at the Wampar Health Centre, Huon Gulf.
Police said Pogareo cut off the small finger from the left hand of a man’s body
with a scissors.
The court heard that he took the finger to his house and placed it in a bottle.
He told the police that he was very worried about the deceased person who was
his best friend.
So he had to cut his finger so that his friend could feel the pain and come
back to him and reveal the cause of his death.
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