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Appeal Court upheld death sentence on husband killer, Maryam Sanda

by NewsNet Nigeria
5 years ago
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Appeal Court upheld death sentence on husband killer, Maryam Sanda

The victim, Mr. Haliru Bello and Wife, Maryam Sanda [Photo credit: THISDAYLIVE]

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday upheld the death sentence passed on Maryam Sanda over the death of her husband, Bilyamin Mohammed Bello, by a lower court earlier this year.

The federal government had arraigned Sanda and three others on a two-count charge bordering on culpable homicide.

On January 27, 2020, Justice Yusuf Halilu, convicted and sentenced her to death by hanging.

“She should reap what she has sown, for it has been said that ‘thou shall not kill’ and whoever kills in cold blood deserves death as his own reward,” Halilu said.

“Convict also clearly deserves to die, accordingly I hereby sentence Maryam Sanda to death by hanging until she dies.”

Unsatisfied by the death sentence, Sanda approached the appellate court seeking to upturn the trial court’s judgment.

In a notice of appeal predicated on 20 grounds, the appellant through her legal team described the judgment of the trial court as “a miscarriage of justice”.

She submitted that the judge relied on circumstantial evidence as there was “lack of confessional statement, absence of murder weapon, lack of corroboration of evidence by two or more witnesses and lack of autopsy report to determine the true cause of her husband’s death.”

She also submitted the trial judge “erred and misdirected himself by usurping the role of the police when he assumed the duty of an investigating police officer (IPO) as contained in page 76 of his judgment…”

Today, Friday, December 4, the appellate court upheld the death sentence.

It is not clear if Maryam would make use of the only available window, the Supreme Court, to seek further redress.

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