Man gets death sentence for stealing 10k and a mobile phone.

Chai!...... A Nigerian High Court has sentenced a man to
death by hanging for stealing just a GSM handset and
N10,000 cash from his victims while armed with a
gun and cutlass.
The Court sitting at Akwukwu-Igbo, headquarters
of Oshimili North local government of Delta state
gave the verdict today.
The accused, Vincent Okwekwu, was found gulity
of a three-count charge that included robbery and
conspiracy to commit robbery.
He was sentenced to death by hanging for the
offence of conspiracy while he got 21 years jail
term for each of the other two counts.
Earlier, the Prosecution team from the Department
of Public Prosecutions had told the Court that
Okwekwu on 1 November, 2009, along with two
others now at large, broke into the apartments of
one Ofoyeju Peter and Tietie Moses and robbed
them of cash and valuables, while armed with a
gun and a cutlass.
The offence took place at Umueha quarters,
Ibusa. The alarm raised by their victims attracted
members of the vigilante group in the area, which
led to the arrest of the convict while the two
other members of the gang escaped into the
bush.
Prosecution further told the Court that the
accused who was later handed over to the Police,
admitted to have committed the crime in his
voluntary statement, but denied the charge as he
pleaded not guilty to all the three count charge
read to him by the Court Clerk when he was arraigned before the court,isn't the sentence meted out too harsh?,its too much na!

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