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Liberia: Rep. Denies Marrying Dead Fiancé
BY Winnston W. Parley
The New Dawn
9 AUGUST 2012
Rivercess County Senior Senator J. Jonathan Barney, currently in court for refusal to dowry his dead fiancée, says there is no records that he had married dead bodies ever in his entire life.
"I'm a very rational person; educated and not one of those fools to talk rubbish", he said in direct response to reporters' enquiry as to why he did not want to dowry his late fiancée Cecelia Boe as being demanded by family of the deceased in fulfillment traditional practice.
Representative Baron Brown, a member of the Boe Family, maintained the family has evidence that Barney paid dowry for their first daughter, who lived with the Senator up to his death.
Speaking to reporters outside court after his testimony Wednesday, Barney said the court shall decide today whether or not the dead body will be turned over to the Boe Family.
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