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Thursday, April 18, 2013

22 year old man to die by hanging in Warri for stealing N955, 600

22 year old man to die by hanging in Warri for stealing N955, 600:
A court in Warri has sentenced a young man to death by hanging for stealing N955k. Below is how Sunnewsonline.com is reporting it...

A 22-year-old man, Julius Aboy was yesterday sentenced to death for
stealing N955, 600 by a Delta State High Court sitting in Warri. The
trial judge, Justice Marshal Mukoro of High Court 1, who handed down the
sentence told the convict that he is to die by hanging.
The convict was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy to
commit armed robbery and armed robbery, offences punishable under
Sections 6(b) and 1(2)(a) respectively of the Robbery and Firearms
(Special Provisions) Act Cap. RII Volume 14, Laws of the Federation of
Nigeria, 2004.

In the first count, Julius Aboy and others now at large were reported
to have on or about the 4th day of March, 2011 in Warri, conspired with
others now at large to commit armed robbery.

In the second count, Julius Aboy and others now at large were also
reported to have, on or about the 4th day of March, 2011 in Warri,
robbed one Godwin Gwuene of N955, 600, while armed with a gun. The money
was said to be Ususu contribution (savings), belonging to workers,
serving as cleaners in a company in Warri.

The armed robbery gang, of which Aboy was allegedly a member, ran out
of luck when an oncoming vehicle knocked down their getaway motorbike
at the scene of the crime, leading to the arrest of the convict and
killing of another member of the gang by an angry mob.

Justice Mukoro said the excuse of poverty, which the convict gave as
reason of dropping out of school and venturing into crime was not
tenable, as poverty was not a licence for criminality.

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