Justice Josephine Oyefeso of Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced to death by hanging, Lekan Shonde, a dockworker who killed his banker wife, Ronke Shonde at their resident in Egbeda on May 6, 2016.
The judge while delivering judgment yesterday found him guilty of one charge brought against Shonde by the state government.
The trial judge said that the state has proven their case beyond reasonable doubt. Noting that the circumstantial evidence is clear that the deceased is defendant wife and they have two children.
“I cannot but hold the sudden provocation, the heat of passion and the retaliation. The violence used by the defendant was in excess of a reasonable man.”
The judge reiterated the analyses of the pathologist, Dr. Shokunle Shoyemi that examination revealed old and fresh injuries on the deceased. She held that the bruises on the deceased cheek, blood collection in the brain, brain swelling and other multiple injuries could not have been by self-inflicted injuries.
The judge reiterated the analyses of the pathologist, Dr. Shokunle Shoyemi that examination revealed old and fresh injuries on the deceased. She held that the bruises on the deceased cheek, blood collection in the brain, brain swelling and other multiple injuries could not have been by self-inflicted injuries.
“The defendant in the case was very economical with the truth stating that he only slapped her when he overheard his wife on a phone call praising the sexual prowess of a lover does not march the degree of autopsy report."
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