Court hears voice recordings from the murder of Nigerian student, Kennedy Dede

Voice recordings from the murder scene of Nigerian student, Kennedy Dede Taoimwabwa were played at the Lefkosa court as evidence against five defendants.

The 38 recordings played in court last Tuesday, were said to have been obtained from mobile phones owned by the five who are charged with the abduction, assault and murder of former Eastern Mediterranean University student.

28-year-old Kennedy Taomwabwa Dede, an Architecture student at the Eastern Mediterranean University in Magusa was kidnapped by a gang of 7 on January, 29 from his resident in Famagusta and taken to the Çanakkale lake in the outskirt of the city where he was seriously beaten and killed.

Following the incident, 7 suspects namely; Ozan Korkurt, 18, Zekeriya Founder, 22, Burcu Çelik, 16, Onur Körkurt, 21, Simge Dağdur, 28, Aydan Sel and Nidai Şanlı, 28 were arrested in connection with the murder and charged to court in Lefkosa for murder, human abduction and serious assault.

Police investigation later revealed that Kennedy was murdered over 1000TL loan.

During the investigation, police said they gathered over 190 statements and testimonies, retrieved deleted messages and screened 142 phone conversations.

The defendants who had been pending trial for months as a non-detainee in the Lefkosa central Prison, were brought to court on Tuesday last week under tight security measure.