FACING FACTS (ONLINE COUNSELING) GEORGE WAS A SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN HIS COMMUNITY OF ABODE. ONE EVENING ,GEORGE VISITED A SHOPPING MALL TO BUY SOME ITEMS FOR HOME USE INCLUDING A REHARGE CARD WITH WHICH HE IMPROVED HIS CELL PHONE’S CAPACITY TO MAKE PHONE CALLS LONGER THAN THE USUAL. AFTER ENTERING THE FIGURES ON THE RECHARGE CARDS,HE JUST DROPPED THE USED CARD ON THE PAVEMENT OF THE SHOP WHERE HE BOUGHT IT. THE SAME NIGHT SOME ARMED ROBBERS CAME TO ROB THE SHOPPING MALL AND STOLE MANY VALUABLES AWAY. THE ROBBERS IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO HURRY OUT OF THE PLACE FORGOT ONE OF THEIR PISTOLS AND A WALLET OF MONEY FILLED WITH HARD CURRENCIES. A NIGHT SECURITY GUARD IN ANOTHER DISTANT SHOPPING MALL WAS WATCHING BUT HE COULDN’T DO ANYTHING TO STOP THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR LARGE NUMBER. THE OPERATORS OF THE SHOPPING MALL INFORMED THE POLICE ABOUT THE ROBBERY CASE. THE POLICE ARRESTED THE NIGHT GUARD OF THE OTHER OPPOSITE SHOPPING MALL WHO EXPLAINED ALL HE SAW DURING THE OPERATION IN THE NIGHT. THE POLICE TOOK CUSTODY OF THE WALLET FILLED WITH HARD CURRENCIES,THE PISTOL AND THE USED RECHARGE CARD. THE RECHARGE CARD WAS BEING USED TO TRACE GEORGE OUT AND HE BECAME A PRIME SUSPECT WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE CASE. GEORGE WAS ARRESTED AND PUT IN DETENTION FOR ONE YEAR WHILE THE CASE WAS BEING INVESTIGATED. HE WAS DISCHARGED AND ACQUITTED AFTER A YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS. REAL ISSUES: 1.APART FROM THE RECHARGE CARD NOTHING ELSE WAS FOUND AS EVIDENCE AGAINST GEORGE EXCEPT HIS CAR COLOUR THAT MATCHED THE ONE BEING USED FOR THE OPERATION. 2.THE OPERATOR OF THE SHOP WHERE GEORGE BOUGHT THE CARD WAS EVEN THE ONE THAT HELPED HIM OUT IN LOADING THE CARD. 3.DESPITE THE MAN’S TESTIMONY OF GEORGE’S INNOCENCE ,HE WAS STILL NOT RELEASED. 4.ALL THE TESTS CONDUCTED ON THE PISTOL AND THE WALLET PROVED GEORGE’S INNOCENCE. 5.HE LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE OF HIS ARREST AND DETENTION. 6.AFTER HIS RELEASE THE PROPRIETOR OF THE SCHOOL REFUSED TO ACCEPT HIM BACK BECAUSE HE HAS BECOME A CRIMINAL. REAL QUESTIONS: 1.SHOULD GEORGE INSTITUTE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE POLICE FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION? 2.SHOULD HE CLAIM DAMAGES FROM THE SHOPPING MALL OPERATORS? 3.OR WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD DO? N.B:- GODLY COUNSEL EXPECTED FROM YOU. THANKS
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:46:37 +0000
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