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An Ikeja high court on Tuesday sentenced a 36-year-old woman, Stella Gilbert, to death for stabbing her neighbor, Mrs. Stella Godwin, to death during a fight at their residence in Ajegunle, Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fight was over a bench in the premises of their single room apartments also known as ‘face’me-I-face you’.

The fight was caused by an argument over who should be using the bench belonging to their former neighbor.

Justice Raliatu Adebiyi sentenced Gilbert after dismissing her claim of self-defense.

The judge held that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

“The defendant, in this case, used a knife on the deceased; by any standard, a knife is a lethal weapon.

“The evidence of PW2 (Prosecution Witness 2), the cousin of PW1 (the deceased’s husband), and that of PW3, the female police officer, was that the deceased was stabbed on the chest.

“The coroner’s report tendered in evidence by PW4 confirmed that the deceased was stabbed on the chest.

“The chest is where the heart is; the defendant, by stabbing the deceased on the chest, a very fragile part of the body, clearly intended to cause the most harm to her.

“The death of the deceased occurred as a result of a grievous injury caused by the defendant. The defendant is culpable of the offense of murder,” she said.

The judge remarked that a lot of cases in courts were caused by animosity and violence due to individuals living in close proximity in the metropolis.

She said that the situation called for improvement in social housing in Lagos State.

She said: “From the evidence, the fight took place in a room; though no evidence was given about the size of the room, it could not have been a very large room.

“The evidence was that the deceased and the defendant lived in a house consisting of rooms occupied by families popularly called ‘face-me-I-face-you’.

“It is worrisome that the level of violence, unnecessary animosity and death, which occur among our citizens as a result of living together in close proximity without sufficient personal space and boundaries, remain unabated.

“There is clearly a need to improve social housing and living conditions.

“The court hopes that this message will be conveyed to the necessary authorities through prosecutors who have the responsibility to prosecute these cases and should be able to provide vital statistics,” she urged.

Following the conviction of the Gilbert, her counsel, Mr Y. E. Yusuf prayed the court to temper justice with mercy.

“The defendant has been in detention for six years; during that time, she lost both parents and her brother. She is in her late 30s and unmarried, she has gone through a lot.

“She was not harboring the intent to murder when the incident occurred.

“I want my lord to temper justice with mercy and refrain from giving the defendant the maximum sentence,” Yusuf urged.

However, the judge passed a death sentence on Gilbert.

“The defendant, Stella Gilbert, is hereby sentenced to death. May God that grants life have mercy on your soul,” she said.

On hearing the sentence, Gilbert collapsed on the dock. Wailing loudly, she said, “Please ma, temper justice with mercy, why me oh, only me…”

In her tears, she was led out of the courtroom and had to be carried by a mobile policeman and a prison warden out of the court complex to avoid disruption of proceedings in other courtrooms due to the commotion.

NAN reports that during the trial, four witnesses – the husband of the deceased, the brother-in-law of the deceased, the investigating police officer and the coroner – testified for the prosecution.

The defendant testified alone in her defense.

According to the state counsel, Mrs. O. R. Ahmed-Muili, the convict murdered Godwin, mother of three, on June 22, 2013, at No. 59, Ojora St., Ajegunle, Lagos.

The convict stabbed the deceased on the chest and arm with a knife during a fight.

NAN reports that murder contravenes Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2011 and is punishable with death by hanging.


source: https://www.titiloyeblog.com/2019/05/woman-sentenced-to-death-for-killing.html

An eye for an eye......

Anger can set a whole city on fire in a moment. Nothing as precious as having the ability to control your anger when it is triggered. Life is not worth taking too serious. RIP to the sentenced.

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See what an unrestrained fit of rage has caused her?

She will rot in jail awaiting the signing of her death warrant by the government.

Nice one I must say. Such penalty should also be given to these careless policemen that keep shooting and killing the innocent in this country.

Their quest for blood is abysmal

IamD18:
Nice one I must say. Such penalty should also be given to these careless policemen that keep shooting and killing the innocent in this country.

For real, I am yet to read any news about any convicted police officer

Nothing to show it was premeditated murder.
Crime of passion. This is manslaughter, maybe life imprisonment. All these quota/sharia judges

Guess she'll be sober now.....a sharp departure from her aggressive posture during the fight.

The only thing in her head right now will be..." if only I had heeded to baba Kunle attempt at brokering peace"..

See where uncontrollable anger has lead you? Now you are wailing like the judgement was an injustice. It wasn't your first time of terrorising people with knives and broken bottle, forming area girl.
Blame yourself!

And after they have sentenced her to death are you happy?
are you now satisfied? Justice should be served, but must you go for : an eye for an eye?

wingmanII:
Nothing to show it was premeditated murder.
Crime of passion. This is manslaughter, maybe life imprisonment. All these quota/sharia judges

more like womanslaughter

See as them carry her like dirty to go kill her troway

Women have issues when it comes to controlling their anger. You stab finish, you no fit bear the consequence. FISH BRAIN!!
When we say they have fish brain, they'll say we hate them. Tonto, if you can read this: You also have a FISH BRAIN.

PS: See the face of the first policeman. He no even care.

quiet sad

I’m crying right now

They're even name sake

Six years in detention and she gets the death sentence... What kinda quack judge is this...she could be given a longer sentence especially as her self defence claim can't be easily disputed factually even if the claim might be a lie. That judge only wanted to make a scapegoat out of her

she is not ready to die na...y r they carrying her

same useless courts that cant punish politicians...The law is for d poor

Ah... I wished she could be forgiven... Its not easy executing women... You will cry even as the executioner... See the facial expression of the policeman on the left of that picture, like he is without sin...

Rest in peace in advance.

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Woah

Stupidity in its highest form.

Over a motherfvcking Bench!

They will meet again and continue the fight