The private prosecutor in the case of murder instituted against a female
lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, says the decision to appeal the seven-year
sentence handed the convict rests with the Oyo State Government.The private prosecutor, Mr Sanya Akinyele, however, said on Tuesday that he was satisfied with the judgment.
“I have written my interim report to the state Attorney-General and
Commissioner for Justice and it is for him to take action on whether to
appeal or not to appeal,’’ he said.
Justice Munta Abimbola of an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on
Nov. 27 sentenced Oyediran to seven years imprisonment for manslaughter
and not murder as charged.
Oyediran, a staff of the Directorate of Public Prosecution in the Oyo
State Ministry of Justice, had stabbed her husband, Lowo, to death on
February 2, 2016 at Akobo area of Ibadan.
Abimbola, who is also the Chief Judge of the state, said that while the
prosecution proved that the defendant caused the death of the deceased,
it failed to prove it was done intentionally.
He also ordered that the seven years imprisonment should commence from Feb. 2, 2016, when she was arrested.
The judge had said that the evidence before the court had proved that
the convict and her late husband had frequently engaged in domestic
violence.
He also adjudged the evidence of the couple’s landlord and wife as credible.
The landlord and his wife had told the court that they saw the convict
on the day of the incident holding a knife while the deceased was in a
pool of blood.
“Having seen the defendant holding a knife and the defendant had earlier
confirmed that she had earlier stabbed her husband with a pair of
scissors a day before, I hold that it was the defendant that stabbed the
deceased,’’ said the judge.
Abimbola also said he took into consideration the autopsy report of
Prof. Abideen Oluwashola, a consultant at the University College
Hospital, Ibadan.
“According to the autopsy report, the deceased died as a result of shock
from a deep wound caused by a sharp object,’’ Abimbola said.
The court also said that the evidence of the convict could not be relied
upon as her statement with the police was different from the one before
the court.
The convict was arraigned on a lone charge of murder, contrary to
Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code of Oyo
State, 2000.
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