the reason why he denied the accuracy of his statement
to the police, Your Petitioner very foolishly rejected this
offer and chose to abide by his untrue story that he knew
nothing of this matter, until after the murder had taken
place.
11.
In View of the wrong attitude taken by Your
Petitioner from after his arrest until recently, it is
now clear to him how he could and was convicted of the
terrible crime of murder. However, on the facts of the
case, about which there is now no dispute, Your Petitioner
submits he could not, certainly he did not, foresee the
dreadful consequences of this plan to rob Mr. Teyfour.
12.
Nevertheless, in Your Petitioner's humble
submission, his crime was more akin to manslaughter than
murder which said plea admitting manslaughter would have
been accepted by the Covernment in the beginning of the
case. Your Petitioner craves leave to point out that the
evidence against him was no different at the end of the case
than was known to the Government when Crown Counsel made his
said offer.
13.
Knives
Your Petitioner repeats he certainly was not the
one who struck the blows and he had no knowledge of the
actual incident at the time. The joint plan was to rob,
and at the most tie up Mr. Teyfour if he interfered.
as he said in his statement were only disclosed to him at a
very late stage. He was clearly under the impression that they were being taken purely in case of emergency.
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