Murder accused claims confession was signed over fears of police brutality

Thu, Oct 7th 2010, 09:00 AM

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Staff Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MURDER accused Angelo Poitier claimed yesterday in court that he had unwillingly signed a confession statement over fears that police would brutalise him. "I told them what they wanted to hear. It was not freely from my own will," Poitier told jurors yesterday. Poitier, 24, is on trial for the murder of former girlfriend Shanice Adderley, 19. The young woman's body was discovered inside a grave in the Bahamas Veteran's Cemetery on Infant View Road on May 27. According to an autopsy report, Ms Adderley had died as a result of blunt force trauma to the body. The prosecution closed its case again ...

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