Timilehin: Killer cop gets bail for manslaughter

  
The Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, has granted bail to Sgt Rasaki Alowonle, the alleged police killer of a nine-year-old boy, Ebun Oluwatimilehin.
The 39-year-old was arraigned for manslaughter on Thursday at the court, after a legal advice from the State’s Directorate of Public Prosecution cleared him of murder.
PUNCH Metro had reported that Oluwatimilehin was in his father’s car when he was hit and killed by a bullet from Alowonle’s rifle on June 13, 2013.
The incident, which occurred at the Ketu area of Lagos, had sparked public outrage, with the father of the deceased asking that murder charges be preferred against Alowonle.
However, the DPP’s advice said he should be tried for manslaughter.
The advice, which was dated November 11, 2013, also stated that 10 police officers, including a civilian named Babatunde Omoniyi, who purportedly triggered the incident, should be discharged and acquitted because there was inadequate evidence to establish a case against them.

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