Three people testify in court on Kennedy's murder
The police gave the court six more statements on the issue, thus bringing the number of evidence on the issue to 87
One of the witnesses who witness the abduction of Kennedy from his apartment said Kennedy had shouted for help while struggling with one of the four people who had kidnapped him.
The witness who is a neighbor to Kennedy told a Famagusta court on Friday that he was standing in his balcony when the whole incident unraveled.
After swearing to the court that he would tell what he knew, the witness said that while he was at home with his wife and children, he went out to the balcony to know what was happening after he heard sounds out side.
He said he saw Kennedy being taken out of the apartment and into a waiting car.
He said he saw one of the men hit Kennedy with anger shouting and issuing a threat, "You will pay the price of this heavy mess."
After that, the whole place was dark and could only hear the echo of Kennedy's voice.
He told the court that he didn't care when he first heard the noise but had to check when the noise kept increasing.
He said he saw three people beat him while he was crying and begging for help. It was after then that Kennedy collapsed and the noise seized.
They then put Kennedy in the car and quickly got away.
They were all men, I couldn't see what they were wearing. They disappeared, the whole neighborhood was on the balcony, we looked at it in shock.
A police officer who testified in court, told the court that he was on duty at the Traffic Investigation Department of Famagusta Police Department when he found out about the incident.
On January 30, 2018, at 6.10pm, I was at the Dardanelles. I saw the corpse lying on his back on the edge of the pond, with his head facing down, half naked from the waist down, his left hand on his forehead, his right hand on his chest, and later I learned that his name was Kennedy T.
Taking the necessary measurements at the scene, I drew the rough outline. Then I took the scale of the sketch and gave it to Inspector Erkan Yahat.
He was killed 32-36 hours before the autopsy time said police witness.
According to forensic report, the victim suffered head and chest trauma, brain hemorrhage as a result of the joint effect of the left pneumothorax.
He also noted that there was a sharp stabbing device and wound.
Kennedy Taomwabwa Dede, 28, an Architecture student at the Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusa was kidnapped from his residence in Famagusta by some Turkish Cypriot gang members on January, 29, 2018 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, 17, Aydan Sel and Nidai Şanlı, 28 were arrested in connection with the murder and charged to court for murder, human abduction and serious assault.
Police investigation later revealed that Kennedy was murdered over 1000TL loan.
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