A State High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo state, has sentenced a 34-year-old man, Johnbosco Ashiegbu, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of serial armed robbery and kidnapping.
Johnbosco, who is a native of Amaiyi Akabo in Ikeduru LGA of Imo State, was said to have been arrested in 2024 along Okigwe road, Owerri, in a stolen vehicle and later confessed to have been in the business of armed robbery and hostage taking, operating within Imo and Abia States with his gang.
The presiding Judge, C.N Akowundu, said the defendant was guilty of all the eight count charges against him as the prosecuting counsel proved beyond reasonable doubt all the charges leveled against the accused person.
The defense counsel pleaded for leniency that the accused had not been convicted of any offense in the past, and is the breadwinner of his family married with children who depend on him.
The Judge, in his final judgement, said the accused was guilty of all charges levelled against him and sentenced him to death by hanging.
