Murder and Capital Punishment: Ogun High Court Sentences a 26 Year Old Man to Death for Killing a Retired Magistrate

David Uche, 26 has been condemned to death by hanging by Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta for killing a retired senior magistrate, Mrs Olufunmilayo Timeyin. The convict was said to have been employed by the deceased but was sent packing after he was accused of stealing the late magistrate's valuables including phones and jewelleries. He scaled the fence, deactivated the security system and hacked the defenceless legal luminary to death. The convict who was from Benue state was represented by Mr. Felix Dalley.