A DEEPER LESSON FROM A CRIMINAL COURT CASE BY IMPLICATION || Week 12, Episode 3

Hello and welcome to my page. I'm @daniky and here is my entry to the weekly featured content for week 12 edition 3 This post is in response to the question which states;

"Tell us a story about a crime that was solved. It could be something as difficult as murder, or one as simple as petty theft. Be creative and give us a great story."

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Wonder they said "shall never end" as there was a criminal case levied against Solomon. He was a twin and fairly handsome looking young man in his early 20s back in those days. What transpired was a criminal case that met him unawared.

One day, one of his close friends whose name was Bello got a used plasma television set from a nearby retail market and decided to keep it with him because the friend has no space to keep the Tv he got for $100, so Solomon decided to help out by keeping the Tv for him in his single room self-contained apartment. Little did he know that the Tv under his custody was a stolen one till an unexpected event caught up with Bello that got him implicated as well.

Bello bought a stolen television and never knew he was been sited by the true owner of the television while he was returning from the market. Though the owner never knew exactly where he brought the television from and wasn't bordered to know about that. All he knew was that Bello was carrying his television down from the market axis. So he assumed Bello went to sell the television and couldn't find a buyer to patronise him so he decided to return the Tv home on time to avoid the owner catching up with him. Mr Ajala was robbed by a set of hoodlums who came dealt with him and his family and made away with a little some of money and his television set.

Right from the Market exit till when Bello boarded a taxi, Mr Ajala was monitoring him. He boarded another taxi and monitored Bello till he was able to know whom Bello gave the television and address of the compound it was kept. So the Tv Owner assumed he has known where Bello and his friend were living. So he hastened to a nearby police station and got some police men and their vans to arrest Bello and Solomon. This moment was indeed, a bad day as both Solomon and Bello as they were arrested and detained in the police custody.

While they were at the police station, they were not given the opportunity to orally express themselves but rather, they were asked to write down their statement on how they "stole" the television and afterwards, they were locked up in a police cell without any fine or bail. With immediate effect, they were charged to court the next day and missed up with criminals and hooligans in a blackmaria vehicle to kuje prison (i believed Mr Ajala must have bribed the police officers, ensure they got the television from the suspects and make them serve a compulsory jail term).

During the court proceedings, Bello and Solomon proved not guilty of the 3-count charges levied against them but they had no evidence to back up their claim because the television was sold as a second-hand product to Bello without a signed receipt from the buyer. The accuser (Mr. Ajala) levied a 3-count criminal charge of theft, attempt-murder and disruption of privacy against both Bello and Solomon and since there wasn't a qualitative evidence for the accused to proof their innocence, the prosecution council to Mr Ajala won the case against Bello and Solomon. So the judge declared that the culprit be brought book by facing a 10year jail term with hard labour. He also ordered that the accused should pay a fine of $1000 for the cost of damages incurred at the course of attack of Mr Ajala's house.

A month later, there was a case of an armed robbery attack on a nearby microfinance bank closer to Mr Ajala's resident and it was really fortunately to witness the instant intervention of the law enforcement agents caught up with these ciminals as they tried to escape from the bank route. So, they were immediately charged to court without further delays. One of the accused during his confession, revealed he was the one that stole the television that belonged to Mr Ajala, the Tv owner and he sold it to someone. Immediately as this information got to the hearing of the police and the court, the judge summoned the prison officers to approve the release of Bello and Solomon with immediate effect and they were both discharged and acquitted. On getting the news of the release, the family of both Solomon and Bello shout for joy. The judge further added that he should made a pronouncement that the wrongly accused victims be compensated but he won't because Bello didn't request for the Tv receipt from the merchant he got it from and further more, it was a stolen product. So the said Merchant (the criminal) who sold the plama Tv to Bello was ordered to refund the money he collected from Bello and the case was discharged. The armed robbers were sentenced to 50year jail term respectively with hard labour while Bello and Solomon had their freedom back.

Lessons

1. Always make sure you collect the receipt of whatever product you buy from the market because you never can tell if the goods or products sold to you is a stone one.
2. Make sure you confirm the real source of whatever goods or products before accepting them to be kept under your custody.
3. Be careful of the kind of friends you keep and make sure before approving anyone as your friend, you must have totally screened them and able to vouche for them.
4. Please do everything possible to avoid troubles or police case.
5. Be security conscious at all time. Make sure you switch off inner lights and switch on the out lights during bedtime.
6. Always minimise the volume of your radio set, television set and home theater during watch and dancing hour. Switch off during bedtime.
7. Ensure your compound gate is always locked and avoid buying used products if possible.
   

So far, hope you've been able to pick one lesson or the other from this content. This is my entry to the weekly feature contest for week 12 edition 3. If you're new to this platform and intend to participate, kindly visit here for more update.

Thank you for your time and do have a wonderful moment

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