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FOR allegedly cutting another woman’s face with a razor blade, a 20-year-old woman, Loveth Augustine, was, yesterday, arraigned at an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court.
The accused, a student, who resides at Adebisi Street, Egbeda, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for assault.
The prosecutor, Inspector Raji Akeem, told the court that the offence was committed on February 20, at Royale Club, Oba Akran, Ikeja.
Akeem said a fight ensued between the accused and the complainant, Miss Motunrayo Fatai, at the night club at 1a.m.
He added: “The accused beat her and used razor blade to cut the upper part of her right eye. She was rushed to the hospital and treated.”
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Chief Magistrate T. O. Shomade granted the accused N20,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.
He adjourned the case till March 28 for mention.
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