Court Sentences Houseboy To Death By Hanging For Killing Ogun Magistrate (Photo)

 

A 26-year-old houseboy, David Idah, has been sentenced to death by an Ogun State High Court in Abeokuta for the murder of a 65-year-old retired Senior Magistrate, Mrs Olufunmilayo Timeyin.

The accused who hails from Benue State and worked as a domestic aide for the late senior magistrate, was sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Abiodun Akinyemi on Wednesday.

The convict  had on March 28, 2014,  killed Mrs Timeyin at her residence in Laderin Housing Estate, Abeokuta, by hacking her with machete  before slaughtering her after he was sacked by his boss when he was caught stealing.

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.