The devasted couple, Fortune and Steve Nwankwo were sent to prison for 16 years imprisonment over the involuntary manslaughter of their maid and lying that she killed herself.
They were both accused of killing Adole on April 20, 2020, at their residence located at Bariga, Lagos. They, however, denied the allegation, claiming that Adole committed suicide by hanging herself in her bedroom.
According to Instablog9ja, the court convicted Stephen of the charges of conspiracy, attempt to pervert justice, misconduct, and accessory after the fact of a felony.
The judge held that the court was convinced that the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses were not only strong but also corroborated the fact that the housemaid died due to the beating by Fortune (first defendant).
“The first defendant beat the deceased which caused her death as she had not been feeling well before the incident. The defendants did not inform or call the family of the deceased from 5 am when they found out she had died until noon when the second defendant called the sister of the deceased and asked for her full name and other personal information to enable them to embalm her in the morgue.
The second defendant, having found out that the first defendant had killed the deceased due to the beating, assisted her in perverting the course of justice by hanging the body with a rope.
There were three adults in the house: the defendants and the housemaid. The defendants were the last two adults that got in contact with the housemaid before her death. “The judge, thereafter, sentenced Fortune to 14 years in jail, while Steve bagged two years imprisonment.
Maids are often treated in the bad and painful way. And maltreating a fellow human being is punishable by law since it's classified as abusing their human right. With this story, netizens revealed the couples deserved more than they were handed since taking a fellow humans life is a serious crime.