Temitope Olowo was given a 14-year prison sentence on Tuesday by a Lagos State High Court in the Tafawa Balewa Square neighborhood of the state for an attempted robbery.
After a plea agreement application was submitted, Justice Yetunde Adesanya delivered the verdict to the defendant, who was convicted on a single count amended attempted robbery charge.
Olowo was first charged with three counts of arm robbery on November 9, 2018, but he entered a not guilty plea.
The prosecution’s attorney, Olayemi Shofolu, called two witnesses as the trial got underway.
However, the charge was changed as a result of the defendant’s request for a plea bargain deal through his attorney, J. I. Osagede.
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When the case came up for hearing on Tuesday, the prosecution counsel notified the court about the one-count amended charge.
Shofolu told the court that the convict committed the offence on July 26, 2017, at No. 1/3, Akowonjo Street, Lagos.
He said Olowo had attempted to rob one Desmond Ifeanyi of his personal belongings, adding that the offence contravened Section 298(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Olowo pleaded guilty to the charge.
Consequently, Justice Adesanya, found Olowo guilty as charged and sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment.
She ordered that the sentence would take effect from October 16, 2017, the day the convict was remanded.
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