Man jailed for stabbing a 16-year-old boy

AbeokutaA –  Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta on Tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Bidemi Jayeola, to one year
imprisonment for stabbing a 16-year-old boy.
The Magistrate, Mr Matins Akinyemi, sentenced Jayeola after he
pleaded guilty to the charge of assault filed against him.
Akinyemi, who did not give the convict an option of fine, said
the sentence was with hard labour.
The magistrate said that the offence was classified as a violent
crime.
He said that Jayeola inflicted “serious bodily injury” on
another person, therefore, he had to go to jail and think about his
actions.
The Police Prosecutor, Mr Sunday Eigbejiale, told the
court that the offence was committed on Dec. 24, 2012, at about
8 p.m. at Olorunda village in Abeokuta.
He said that the convict stabbed one Yusuf Ojubanire on his neck,
hand and ribs while on his way to church.
“The young boy and his brothers were on their way to church,
when Jayeola accosted them and threatened to collect their
belongings.
“When the boy refused to give him, Jayeola stabbed him on the
neck, hand and ribs, he ran away leaving the poor boy in a pool
of blood.
“The boy was rushed to Ayetoro General Hospital by a passersby.
Luckily, he survived the injuries,” he said.
The prosecutor also said that upon investigation, the convict was
arrested at an uncompleted building where a cutlass and some
charms, numbering 28 were found on him.
Eigbejiale argued that the offence contravened Section 355 of the
Criminal Code Law of Ogun, 2006.
Earlier, the convict had pleaded for leniency. (NAN)