Man acquitted of attempting to kill girlfriend
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Man acquitted of attempting to kill girlfriend
PORT MORESBY: A 20-year-old man who was charged with attempting
to kill his girlfriend was acquitted by a committal court in Lae on Monday (May
16, 2022).
Magistrate Pious Tapil
struck out the charge againbst Balty Kaip, from Finschhafen’s Gagidu in Morobe
on grounds that there was insufficient evidence.
Tapil said the evidence
did not support the statement provided by witnesses.
The court proceedings were reported by The National:
Boyfriend’s attempted
murder case struck out
May 18, 2022The
NationalNational
By JACINTA COHLEE
A COMMITTAL court in
Lae struck out an attempted murder case on Monday due to insufficient evidence.
Magistrate Pious Tapil struck out the charge against Balty Kaip, 20, from
Gagidu in Finschhafen, Morobe, and released him.
Tapil said the medical report did not support the statements provided by
witnesses.
Court also noted that a search warrant was not provided by the police when they
found a home-made gun on Kaip.
“Whatever comes in court must come in the formal way, follow the procedure when
arresting or searching defendants,” he said.
It was alleged that on Jan 4 at Kamkumung in Lae, Kaip and his two friends went
to meet Kaip’s girlfriend at Kamkumung market.
Court noted that Kaip borrowed a home-made gun from a friend and took it along
with him to the meeting.
The police brief stated that the girlfriend’s family had been searching for her
when they came across her with Kaip.
Kaip and his girlfriend’s father and brothers argued and fought.
Kaip allegedly pulled out the home-made gun and fired three times at his
girlfriend’s father and brothers and a shot wounded one of the brothers.
The victim was brought to GM Flores hospital and treated and Kaip was later
arrested.
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