A Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday sentenced Mr. Obot Friday to four years imprisonment for beating his 11-year-old son, Michael, to death in September 2009.
37-year-old Friday was said to have beaten his son with a kitchen spatula (commonly called garri turner) at their residence Ikeja for refusing to sleep at home the previous day.
The deceased who was hit on the head was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, where he later died.
Justice Olabisi Akinlade in her judgment on Monday [Jan. 21] convicted Friday of manslaughter and ordered that the four-year jail term slammed on him would begin counting from October 9, 2009, which was when he had been on remand.
Akinlade said Friday’s confessional statement admitting hitting Michael with the spatula on his head which was the reason for which he was rushed to the hospital, was sufficient for the court to rely on to convict the accused.
“There is no evidence stronger than a person’s admission”, the judge said. The court also relied on the post-mortem report, which according to the judge, was tendered without objection.
“In the totality of the case, the prosecution successfully proved the case of manslaughter against the defendant. There is no justification for the defendant’s action”, Akinlade held.
Friday’s wife and mother of the deceased, Mercy, a witness of the incident, who had refused to testify during trial, had on June 15, 2011 interrupted the proceedings, pleading with the court to stop the trial of her husband.
Mercy had said if her husband, who had claimed to be working with a Lagos-based catering outfit, was convicted; it would be difficult for her to cope with the aftermath.
The convict was said to have beaten the deceased at his residence, 61, Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos.
In his statement before the court, Friday had claimed that he was angered by the deceased’s attitude when being questioned on why he left home without permission.
He stated further that the reaction of the deceased was a further corroboration of a prophecy that the boy was a witch and that he had in the past “confessed to being involved in witchcraft”.
Posted: at 22-01-2013 11:05 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
:o so bcos he no sleep fr awz u knack am kondo fr head? now d boi don go slip fr heaven... .. we shuld always learn to control our anger as parents, children can b very provocative at times but we nid patience to deal wit them.. well go cool ur ass at jail am sure by d tym u r out u would hav learnt ur lesson
IF U TINK D DEVIL IS A LIAR, THEN LET A GUY LIE TO U AND U WILL KNW DAT D DEVIL IS A LEANER ........
Posted: at 22-01-2013 12:22 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
NYPDmike at 22-01-2013 03:28 PM (12 years ago) (m)
Quote from: verah on 22-01-2013 12:22 PM
:o :o :o :o so bcos he no sleep fr awz u knack am kondo fr head? :o :o now d boi don go slip fr heaven... :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[.. we shuld always learn to control our anger as parents, children can b very provocative at times but we nid patience to deal wit them.. well go cool ur ass at jail am sure by d tym u r out u would hav learnt ur lesson :( :(
Little girl wait till u have ur kids then u will understand that it takes only God grace to parent kids of now and days.. However im not in support of what he to did to his son but u people has to learn how to control what u write
Posted: at 22-01-2013 03:28 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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