Man cleared of alley stabbing murder
BBCAn 18-year-old man has been cleared of murdering a 19-year-old found fatally stabbed in an alleyway in a Hampshire village.
Tawana Choruma was discovered seriously injured in Station Road, Netley Abbey, on 19 December and died at the scene.
Prosecutors had alleged Dominic Adeyemi stabbed Mr Choruma after a meeting was set up with him and another man over a drugs debt.
A jury at Southampton Crown Court unanimously found Mr Adeyemi, of Holmes Close in Netley Abbey, not guilty of murder. He was also cleared of an alternative charge of manslaughter.
The court was told Mr Choruma was found bleeding in the alleyway and several passers-by, including a former nurse, administered CPR until first responders arrived.
A post-mortem examination showed he died from a 15cm (6in)-deep stab wound to the abdomen.
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