Monrovia – The Supreme Court of Liberia has overturned the life sentence imposed by Criminal Court ‘A’ Judge Roosevelt Willie on former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and her relatives in connection with the death of Charloe Musu.
Delivering the verdict on Wednesday, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh stated there was insufficient evidence to link Justice Scott and her relatives to the crime.
“The state did not meet the burden of proof to warrant the conviction of the defendants. Therefore, the defendants are hereby acquitted of the crimes of murder, criminal conspiracy et al. as charged in the indictment,” Chief Justice Justice Youh ruled.
Criminal Court ‘A’ had previously found Cllr. Scott and three of her family members guilty of murdering her niece, Charloe Musu, at Scott’s residence in Brewerville, outside Monrovia. The defendants subsequently appealed the lower court’s guilty verdict.
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