It was reported that, Bala Chinda broke down in the dock on Friday, January 20, as he was convicted of carrying out a sustained and violent attack on 37-year-old Jessica McGraa.
The 26-year-old Robert Gordon University student had been on trial at the High Court in Aberdeen, as he was accused of strangling and suffocating the McGraa, after forcefully sleeping with her in a rented apartment in Union Terrace.
It was also alleged that after the killing the young lady, Chinda stole her mobile <phones> in order to dispose of any evidence linking him to her.
However, he denied the charges against him but after seven hours of deliberation a jury of seven men and eight women unanimously found him guilty of murder, as he was also convicted of ‘forcefully sleeping’ with her her by a majority verdict.
As the verdict was delivered Chinda broke down in tears, showing the first sign of emotion since the trial started
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