A Lagos State High Court sitting in the Tafawa Balewa Square area of the state, has sentenced an undergraduate, Temitope Olowo, to 14 years imprisonment for attempted robbery in the state.
Justice Yetunde Adesanya handed down the verdict to the convict, who was sentenced on one count amended charge of attempted robbery after a plea bargain application was made.
Olowo was first arraigned on November 9, 2018, on three-count bordering on arm robbery but he pleaded not guilty.
The trial commenced and the prosecution counsel, Olayemi Shofolu, called two witnesses.
But the defendant, through his counsel, J. I. Osagede, filed for a plea bargain agreement and the charge was amended.
When the case came up for hearing, the prosecution counsel notified the court about the one-count amended charge.
Shofolu told the court that the convict committed the offense 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.
