An Asaba High Court yesterday sentenced a 30-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment for killing his father on Christmas Eve.
Opukeme George, a native of Tuomo town in Bomadi local government area of Delta State, was found guilty of killing his father, Kosine George with a cutlass following quarrel that broke out between them over missing fish.
Opukeme owned up to the crime as he told the court that he killed the father on December 24, 2011, due to provocation. He said his father attacked him first when he (son) demanded to know the whereabouts of the two pieces of fish that he kept.
Prosecution called one witness to prove its case while the convict testified for himself.
Presiding Judge, Justice M.O. Omovie stated that “in the final analysis after reading the written submissions by both counsel, I hold that the accused is guilty of manslaughter. I hereby convict you for manslaughter.”
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