Ondo courtroom jails widow for brutalizing 12-yr-old help with razor blade – –

A widow and 36-year-old mother of 4, Mrs Opeyemi Omoyemi, was yesterday

sentenced to 4 and half years in jail for brutalizing and inflicting physique accidents on his 12-year-old house helped Joel Sunday for stealing a piece of meat.

A magistrate Courtroom docket sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital sentenced Owoyemi following her arraignment on a five-count value.

She was sentenced to three and half years imprisonment with arduous labour on rely one value bothering on grievous harm, whereas she bagged one-year imprisonment on rely 5.

The defendant was talked about to have used a stick and razorblade to inflict various accidents on the physique of the house help which she accused of stealing gadgets of meat from the pot of soup.

Omoyemi, in accordance with the police prosecutor, Emmanuel Tanimowo was talked about to have devoted the offence on February 6, 2022, at her residence located at Idimango Adewale axis of Ondo avenue, Akure, the state capital

Tanimowo, in the middle of the trial, utilized for the withdrawal of the rely 4 charges which have been granted by the magistrate, Mrs O.A Edwin.

The Safety Counsel, Folusho Kayode, who pleaded with the courtroom to be lenient with the defendant talked about that the defendant was a main time offender.

Kayode moreover educated the courtroom that Omoyemi who’s a mother of 4 little children had been the one liable for the welfare of the sufferer.

In response to him “The courtroom should be lenient in passing sentence on the defendant. The prayer for leniency is that the defendant has been the one solely liable for the wellbeing and education of the 12-year-old Sunday. She has been doing this dutifully for the earlier 4 years given that dying of her husband.

“The defendant has youngsters they often have been crying given that incident occurred as they could not see their mother.

“The defendant is a main offender and has in no way been arrested for any inhuman behaviour. The courtroom should graciously cross the sentence.”