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Woman Who Killed Make Up Artist Sentenced To Death By Hanging In Enugu
<p><img width="1000" height="600" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover4_17073231522-1000x600.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover4_17073231522-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover4_17073231522-590x354.jpg 590w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover4_17073231522-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <h2>An Enugu State High Court has sentenced Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for the murder of a 27-year-old makeup artist, Ijeoma Nneke.</h2> <p>Honourable Justice Kenneth Okpe delivered the judgement in a two-hour judgement on Wednesday, February 7, 2024.</p> <p>Ifezue was found guilty of killing the victim by forcing her to drink a poisonous substance.</p> <p><strong>Naija News</strong> recalls that Ijeoma went missing after leaving home for a job on November 11, 2020.</p> <p>Her mutilated corpse was later found around Maryland in Enugu metropolis on November 16.</p> <p>Ifezue and her brother, Chukwuemeka, were arrested and arraigned before the court on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and murder in 2022.</p> <p>They were accused of forcing Nneke to drink a poisonous substance that caused her death.</p> <p>Justice Okpe discharged Chukwuemeka following a no-case submission pleaded by the defence counsel, Chuma Oguejiofor.</p> <p>In discharging Chukwuemeka, the trial judge held that there was no evidence that he participated in the crime.</p> <p>However, delivering the final judgement on the case, Justice Okpe said the prosecution proved the case of murder against Ifezue beyond a reasonable doubt.</p> <p>The court consequently found Ifezue guilty of murder and sentenced her to death by hanging.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/02/07/woman-who-killed-make-up-artist-sentenced-to-death-by-hanging-in-enugu/">Woman Who Killed Make Up Artist Sentenced To Death By Hanging In Enugu</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>
