Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Lagos Excessive Courtroom sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a person, Adeola Agbonrin, to 21 years imprisonment for manslaughter.
The decide handed down the decision after the convict’s plea of responsible to a one-count amended cost of manslaughter introduced in opposition to him by the State authorities.
Agbonrin, who had initially pleaded not responsible to a one-count cost of murdering one Matha Farinmade, modified his plea after getting into right into a plea discount settlement with the prosecution.
The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Dr Babajide Martins, informed the court docket that Agbonrin dedicated the offence on January 7, 2012, at No. 32 Mojalate Road, Ilupeju, Lagos.
Martins had claimed that the offence was opposite to Part 225 of the Legal Regulation, CH: C. 17, Vol.3, Legal guidelines of Lagos State, 2011.
He additional knowledgeable the court docket of the plea discount settlement between the events, stating that the events have agreed that the defendant ought to serve a jail time period of 21 years from the date of remand.
After listening to the lawyer, Justice Lawal-Akapo requested the convict if he was compelled to vary his plea, and Agbonrin answered that he willingly approached the prosecution himself.
The defence counsel, Victor Amaechi, pleaded with the court docket to mood Justice with mercy, including that the defendant is now remorseful.
Justice Lawal-Akapo, in his judgment, held that the defendant was remanded in jail custody on February 9, 2012, and has been in custody for 12 years and 4 months.
The decide additionally held that he was glad that the defendant understood the cost and the information offered. “I’m additionally glad he entered the plea discount settlement freely with out being influenced. So, I’m going to just accept his responsible plea.
“You, Adeola Agbonrin, at the moment are sentenced to twenty-one (21) years imprisonment commencing from ninth February 2012,” he ordered.
