By HUSBAND of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, has been sentenced to death by hanging.
The judgement was handed down on Monday by Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Wuse, Zone 2 in Abuja.
This came after the court found Nwachukwu guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the celebrated singer on April 8, 2022.
While delivering his judgment, Justice Nwosu-Iheme held that the prosecution had proven the burden of proof placed on it by the law and subsequently found the defendant guilty.
Nwachukwu was first arraigned on June 3, 2022, by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (OAGF), on behalf of the Federal Government, on a 23-count charge.
The charge was on culpable homicide punishable by death, criminal intimidation, cruelty to children, criminal intimidation of children and spousal battery, among others.
The prosecution team presented 17 witnesses including two children of the late Osinachi, who testified as fourth and fifth prosecution witnesses, PW4 and PW5, respectively.
The prosecution also tendered 25 documents as exhibits before the court.
The defendant testified for the defence and further called four other witnesses and tendered four exhibits in his defence.
Shortly before sentencing, the defendant, counsel, Reginald Nwali, in his allocutus, pleaded with the court to be lenient in its judgement.
Similarly, the prosecution counsel, Mrs Aderonke Imala, urged the court to give force to the law as stipulated.
Delivering his judgment, the presiding judge, thereafter, sentenced Nwachukwu to death by hanging on Count 1, while he was sentenced to two years imprisonment each on Counts 2, 3, 8,9, 12, 13, and 18.
The court sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on Count 10, three years imprisonment in Count 11, while he was fined the sum of N500,000 and N200,000 respectively on Counts 6 and 7 respectively.
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