Two to die by hanging for murder in Plateau State

 

Two persons are to die by hanging for their roles in the killing of one Chung Bot in Plateau State.

The State High Court sentenced the convicts, identified as Thomas Danboyi and Pam Lang, to death

According to the prosecution, led by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, P.A. Daffi and a team of lawyers told the court that the incident occurred on April 26, 2010, at Tahai Gyel Bukuru in Jos South Local Government Area.

The prosecution added that the victim, Chung Bot, and his family had gone to their farmland in Ta Hei, Gyel, to cultivate when they were attacked by the accused persons with other persons (now at large).

According to him, Danboyi.had during the incident restrained the victim by holding his hands behind his back while the second accused, Pam Lang, repeatedly struck Bot on the head with a stick.

He further stated that the victim was later rushed to the Plateau Hospital, Jos, where he succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment.

State Chief Judge, Justice David Gwong Mann, in his judgement, said the prosecutor had proved his case beyond any reasonable doubt.

Justice Mann explained that the evidence before the court was “overwhelming” and that the prosecution through its witnesses and Exhibits tendered “established, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the defendants conspired to commit this crime and intentionally caused the death of the victim.”

He, however, ordered the convicts to die by hanging without any option of fine.