An Ogun State High Court in Abeokuta has sentenced a 26-year-old
houseboy, David Idah, to death for the murder of a retired Senior
Magistrate, Mrs Olufunmilayo Timeyin.
Justice Abiodun Akinyemi on
Wednesday sentenced the accused, who hails from Benue State and worked
as a domestic aide for the late senior magistrate, to death by hanging.
The
convict had on March 28, 2014, killed the 65-year-old Timeyin at her
residence in Laderin Housing Estate, Abeokuta, by hacking her with
machete before slaughtering her about 3pm.
Idah had been sacked by Timeyin after he was caught stealing.
He, however, returned to the house, scaled the fence before killing the retired magistrate.
The convict was arraigned on April 4, 2014, in Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court on one count of unlawful killing.
The offence contravened Sections 316 and 319 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State, 2006.
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