COURT JAILS MAN 3 MONTHS FOR INTIMIDATING WOMAN An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court, Monday (today), sentenced Oluwatobi Oyediran, 34, of no fixed address, to three months in prison for criminal intimidation and possession of a dangerous weapon. The magistrate, Mr Celestine Odo, who sentenced Oyediran after he pleaded guilty, did not give the convict an option of fine. Odo said the court had recognised the fact that the convict was a first time offender and also that he did not waste the time of the court. He held that the convict must, however, be punished to serve as a deterrent to other offenders with similar intention. The convict, who pleaded guilty to the charges against him, begged the court for leniency, saying: “It is the work of the devil. I did not know why I held Ms Rahab Idris hostage. I am sorry and I am begging the court for mercy.” Earlier, the prosecutor, Cpl. Sani Yusuf, had told the court that the convict was arrested in a black spot in Mabushi on Aug. 1. Yusuf said the convict was caught at the spot where he held Idris hostage demanding that she must become his girlfriend. He said the convict threatened to stab Idris with a poisonous jack-knife when she refused to succumb to his request.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 22:00:58 +0000
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