BY ROMINAH FAKA
The short-form preliminary inquiry (PI) ruling on the case of two men accused of killing an off-duty police officer at the Dragon Pub in Kukum area in May of this year will be delivered tomorrow.
Yesterday the matter was mentioned in court.
Prosecution told court the two accused had pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder.
The case of one of the accused, Paul Daoburi, has been referred to the High Court. The lawyer for the other, James Solomon Kai, has opted for a short form preliminary inquiry at the magistrates court.
Prosecution tendered to court Mr Solomon Kai’s short-form PI committal deposition.
Court adjourned the matter for November 8 for ruling on the short form PI for Solomon Kai.
Daoburi, 35, and his co-accused Solomon Kai, 21, are jointly charged with murder.
Allegations said the deceased and his colleague, along with the colleague’s wife, went to the Dragon Pub on the night of May 16 for drinks.
Some times between 12am and 1am an argument broke out between the deceased and a group of men, following an assault on his colleague’s wife in which a bottle was allegedly smashed against her head causing her to fall to the ground unconscious.
It was alleged that during the course of the argument the deceased took out and applied a pepper spray on the group of men he was arguing with at that time.
The deceased was later dragged out of the Pub by an off-duty security accused Daoburi, where the deceased was attacked by a group of more than 10 men outside of the Pub.
The allegation further stated Daoburi joined in the attack, using a snooker cue stick with which he used to beat the deceased’s head multiple times.
The second accused Kai with nick name Solo allegedly attacked the deceased using a bottle.
A policeman who arrived at the scene intervened and took the deceased laying bleeding on the floor into a taxi to National Referral Hospital (NRH) where he pronounced dead.
Office of Public Prosecution act for the crown and PSO for Daoburi and HOF Law Chambers for Kai.
