Justice Marcel Okoh of the Delta State High Court, Akwukwu-igbo, on Friday sentenced one Obinna Eze to death by hanging for killing a six-month-old child in the state.
Eze was arraigned by the state government on a three-count charge of attempted murder, murder, and causing grievous harm.
He was charged with killing one Chimaobi Igwe, and causing bodily harm to the child’s mother, Mrs. Blessing Igwe.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.
However, the judge convicted the defendant guilty of the charges.
In his ruling, Justice Okoh held that the prosecution proved its case beyond every reasonable doubt.
He said that evidence provided by the deceased child’s mother, the pathologist, and the confessional statement tendered by the police, established the prosecution’s case.
The judge, however, rejected the defendant’s denial in his testimony, and the retraction of his confessional statement.
He sentenced the convict to death by hanging for killing the child.
The prosecution led by the State Solicitor and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Omamuzo Erebe, had during the trial told the court that the convict committed the offences on October 27, 2023, at Talita Street in Asaba.
The offences, according to him, contravened Sections 320,319 and 335 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Delta State.