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Article: U.S. serviceman denies killing taxi driver with intent
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 11, 2008
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U.S. serviceman denies killing taxi driver with intent
TOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Navy serviceman Olatunboson
Ugbogu on Friday denied killing or robbing a taxi driver with intent
at a court hearing, said reports from the southeast Japanese port
city of Yokohama.
The suspect, however, confessed to stabbing a taxi driver last
month in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, during the hearing at the
Yokohama District Court.
As Ugbogu told his lawyer that he had been ordered to stab
someone, the lawyer suggested that mental competency examination be
conducted on his client to see if he is suffering any psychiatric
disorder.
On March 19, a taxi driver was found dead ...