A High Court of Rivers State sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a dismissed police sergeant, James Imhalu, to death by hanging.
Imahalu was found guilty of killing a commercial bus driver, Legbara David, after the latter refused to part with a N100 bribe, which the sacked police officer demanded.
While delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Justice Elsie Thompson, said the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt before the court and showed that the convict intentionally fired a shot at David at Whimpey Junction, Port Harcourt.
Thompson who described Imhalu as a serial trigger-happy policeman who should not be allowed to remain in the society, pronounced the sentence of death by hanging on the sacked police officer.