A magistrate of the Chief Magistrate's
Court, Yaba, Lagos State on Monday,
sentenced Mrs. Abiodun Olajide, the
woman who removed a man's two
teeth with a slap, to 120 hours of
community service.
Olajide, 30, had pleaded guilty to the
two counts of assaulting one
Augustine Olukukoyi when she was
first arraigned in April. Read the story here: www.nairaland.com/1274267/woman-removes-mans-teeth-slap
However, there was mild drama in
the court when the magistrate was
about to deliver her judgement.
Olajide, who had pleaded guilty,
then changed her plea to not guilty
through her defence counsel, one
Macauley.
The magistrate, Mrs. S.K Matepo,
said Olajide's sudden change of mind
was due to the influence of her
counsel who had voluntarily taken up
the matter that morning.
Matepo, while reprimanding
Macauley for swaying Olajide, said
lawyers were supposed to alleviate
the burden of defendants and not to
compound it by unnecessarily
prolonging simple court matters.
She said, "That is why they say
lawyers are liars because what is
straightforward, we always want to
twist it.


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