Defendant Assaulted by Inmates at TCF

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A man who was arraigned in High Court today had a black eye and facial bruises, apparently the result of a beating by other inmates at the Territorial Correctional Facility.

According to information received by KHJ News and verified by sources in and out of the Department of Public Safety, the beating of Niko Motu took place after he returned from District Court on Friday morning.

Four men who are being held in pre trial confinement have been identified as the culprits in the assault.

KHJ News understands that a written statement made by the victim is what triggered the beating.

Sources tell us, it’s difficult to comprehend how inmates got wind of the information in the victim’s statement.

The statement was apparently under the man’s mattress and he returned to the cell to find that his personal belonging had been rummaged through.

According to our sources, the man’s written statement implicates defendants already charged and others not yet charges, for drug activities.

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