Drama, Tears as Husband-Killer, Maryam Sanda, is Sentenced to Death | Punch
- 4 years ago
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday convicted Maryam Sanda of the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
Delivering judgment, Justice Yusuf Halilu, held that there was circumstantial evidence coupled with her testimony and statement to the police that she "fatally" stabbed her husband dead in Abuja on November 19, 2017.
Sanda, a mother of two, her mother and other relatives broke down in tears immediately the judge pronounced her guilty.
Her mother, who was occupying a back seat ran out of the court as she wept.
Sanda herself, while crying rushed out of the courtroom which was next to the dock.
But the judge ordered that she should be brought back to the courtroom.
In the middle of the confusion, the defense lawyer attempted to make a plea for allocates (plea for mercy), but the judge said he needed to rise for normalcy to be restored in the courtroom.
Delivering judgment, Justice Yusuf Halilu, held that there was circumstantial evidence coupled with her testimony and statement to the police that she "fatally" stabbed her husband dead in Abuja on November 19, 2017.
Sanda, a mother of two, her mother and other relatives broke down in tears immediately the judge pronounced her guilty.
Her mother, who was occupying a back seat ran out of the court as she wept.
Sanda herself, while crying rushed out of the courtroom which was next to the dock.
But the judge ordered that she should be brought back to the courtroom.
In the middle of the confusion, the defense lawyer attempted to make a plea for allocates (plea for mercy), but the judge said he needed to rise for normalcy to be restored in the courtroom.