Posted at 4:20 p.m., Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Man acquitted in harbor stabbing death
By Ken Kobayashi
Advertiser Courts Writer
Bosco Reo testified he acted in self-defense and thought Teraoi Ibeari was armed during a fight aboard the Katherine II Nov. 30 last year.
Both men are from Kiribati and were on the Katherine II tied up here for repairs.
The jury also had the option of returning a manslaughter verdict, but deliberated a total of about two full days before rejecting both murder and manslaughter charges and acquitting Reo.
Reo has been held on $500,000 bail. He was arrested about three hours after the stabbing.
