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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Alleged Wife Killer Lekan Shonde Begs Judge To Convict Him For Manslaughter....

Lekan Shonde, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State, on Tuesday, urged a Lagos State High Court to reduce his murder charge to manslaughter.....





Lekan is standing trial before the court for the alleged murder of his wife, Ronke. Punch Metro had reported that the 51 -year - old Lekan allegedly beat his wife to death at their home in the Egbeda -Idimu area of Lagos State on May 5, 2016.

He was alleged to have locked up the corpse and their two children before the incident was discovered by a nanny and later reported to the police.
At Tuesday's proceedings, Lekan claimed that he did not intend to kill his wife.


Lekan, through his counsel, Robert Clarke ( SAN ), in his final written address, told the court that there was no evidence or the intent to commit murder, adding that he acted spontaneously when he heard his wife talking to her alleged lover on the phone about their lovemaking sessions.
Clarke, while adopting his written address, told the court that there were no eyewitnesses during the murder of Ronke.


He stated, “ The issue in this matter is to ascertain if the defendant killed his wife. I did a research and interviewed nine married Nigerians of the same age group with the defendant relating the circumstances of this matter.


“It was only one person who did not agree with the reaction of the defendant, but the others said they would have acted more than him. There was no use of a dangerous weapon in the death of the deceased and the fact that the two children slept and did not hear any noise means that the incident that caused the death was not characterised by any loud noise. It was an incident that was not prolonged and this gives credence to the defendant's claim that it was only one slap that caused the damage.

"The fact that the autopsy report showed undigested food in the deceased’ s stomach corroborates the claim by the defendant, who said they shared a meal of moi - moi and pap after they had an argument over the love affair.

“My Lord, this goes to show that the couple settled their differences amicably that night as it were; the defendant said he slapped his wife out of a fit of anger, which was an instinctive reaction.”

Also adopting his final written address, the state prosecutor, Y.O. Oshoala, asked the court to convict Lekan for the murder of his wife, Ronke.

He said, “ My Lord should take note that the autopsy report showed old and new trauma wounds to the deceased's skull, which corroborate a prolonged evidence of abuse.

“The defendant, after committing the act, also fled the scene with the deceased's phone and the key to the apartment for days. He only resurfaced three days after the police launched a manhunt for him.


“There was no noise because it was one man dealing with a helpless woman, who could not fight back. Even if it is only one slap, the defendant does not have any right to slap his wife, whether for a just cause or an unjust cause.”


He added, “ In his evidence, he accepted the fact of killing; provocation could not have happened. The defendant was the provocateur in this case. The deceased was making her phone call, it was the defendant that entered and was provoked.


“The act of the defendant, in this case, was intentional and to cause grievous bodily harm, which he had been doing for long, but succeeded in killing a creature he could not create.”
Oshoala urged the court to convict the defendant to serve as a lesson to others, who were in the habit of assaulting people.


The presiding judge, Justice Josephine Oyefeso, adjourned the matter till January 18, 2019, for judgement.
Punch



*It is only in Nigeria you will hear such Nonsense..How can he be served Manslaughter when he killed her in cold blood?So does he want Voluntary or Involuntary Manslaughter charges?Mscheeeeew!!!

30 comments:

  1. If he killed her in the process of beating, then I think it's manslaughter. There won't be anyway to prove it was first degree murder

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    1. Whichever way, the thing is he killed her!! That's murder and he should pay for it.

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    2. I thought he said he didn't kill her?? Cursed idiot.

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    3. He should be sent to the hangman. Men, never hit women,This is what’s happens.

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  2. No, it is not only in Nigeria. This is a case in the court of law. Lawyers make arguments to defend their clients. Sometimes, some very experienced lawyers make convincing arguments that accuseds even win their cases even though they committed the crimes. So it is not only in Nigeria such kind of arguments are made. It is all over the world. It is another way of arguing for leniency in court. It is a normal jurisprudential thing.

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  3. How can he tell the court or judge which charges he should be served. He is mad. Reduce charge kill him there.

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  4. So he asked nine married men what their reaction would be and only one was against the action his defendant?... Shebi Mr. Lawyer if that poor woman was your daughter, you will take side with her killer? Yeye dey smell...

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    1. The defense counsel is not 'taking side with the killer's per se, he's paid to do a job, and in this case to reduce the conviction from death penalty (for murder)to serving upwards of 25years (manslaughter) in prison.

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  5. Manslaughter ko, Animal slaughter ni
    Things that happens in Nigeria .....Mtcheeeeew

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  6. Stella stop this your "It only in Nigeria" slogan...anyone can file for an appeal/plead in any part of the world despite what case is. It up to the judge to grant it or not. Or don't you watch CrimeTv in the "abroad" to see how cases are been handled & judged?

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  7. He should be made to face the law.

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  8. Omo ale,you will never be charge with manslaughter. You killed her in cold blood so you must be killed too
    Useless nincompoop.

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  9. I hope gets convicted of murder and given capital sentence. Murderer oshi

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  10. See the idoit of a bloody Murderer..:he will Roit in Jail..

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  11. Why did you killed her enhe,now your are pleading for manslaughter case while she is 6 below the earth her spirit crying out for justice,her children missing their mummy,her parent missing their daughter,her siblings missing her company.God show me your mercy and grace .
    #More Than A Conqueror #

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    1. No b only killed na kelt. 6 below the earth gini.

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  12. poverty-stricken clouded pleading. OJ Simpson did it and he was able to walk free with aid of best lawyer. Unfortunately, the law is blind.

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  13. Oga u murdered her, in cold blood, face the law

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  14. With the best lawyer he can get away with the murder,

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  15. he had a motive for killing her,think he should be tried for for murder. since it wasn't intentional why didn't he report to the police

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  16. Well I think mercy should be shown to the man. Killing him can not bring back the woman

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    1. It has already been established that anya adiro gi nma. Ichie OP! Ana akogheri.com
      Did he show her any mercy? There's consequences for any action and he deserves ever drop of the bitter liquid. When a mad man kills any of your loved ones then you can go plead with the judge to free him afterall it won't bring them back to life.

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  17. What kind of defense is this SAN of his presenting?
    You interviewed 8 yeye couples and 1 sane couple because the response of 8 of them obviously shows they have violent and abusive tendencies for them to say they will do worse. So 9 statistics is enough to prove a point?
    then the fact that the children didn't hear anything is prove it wasn't premeditated? She has undigested moimoi and ogi in her stomach means it wasn't premeditated because according to him they shared a meal...who corroborates that claim? The attack didn't last long also supports your claim?

    Judge please for the sake of a woman who lost her life at the hands of a man who swore to love and protect her, who won't see her children grow, marry, carry her grand babies, live her life to the fullest. For the sake of her family who lost a loved one and won't ever see her again, give him the maximum sentence. That is the only thing the justice system owe her.

    I wonder how lawyers who defend murderers and rapists sleep well at night.

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    1. you said my mind ralu....how do they sleep at night? how are we convinced she was talking to her lover about their lovemaking? it wasnt premeditated but you looked her corpse in the house with two kids and left with the keys? how do we confirm they shared a meal?stupid shallow defense from the lawyer

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  18. So this independent study for what?

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  19. Can't imagine the trauma those kids went thru. Locking them wit their mom's corpse.

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  20. Which one is "only in Nigeria " Stella?

    If the court comes to the conclusion that he killed his wife without malice then his charge can be downgraded from murder to manslaughter. Period.



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  21. If the family of the woman killed allow this stupid thing to walk then their daughter doesn't mean much to them.

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