Man who went to steal in a Catholic
Church pretends to be deaf and dumb before judge when he got to court. There
was a mild drama in the court room when a suspect arraigned before the Ejigbo
Magistrate court, Lagos, decided to act deaf and dumb to deceive the presiding
judge. Chinedu Samuel, the suspect, was arraigned for allegedly stealing money
from a member of the Christ the King Catholic Church.
The suspect was arrested by the
police at Shasha Division for stealing N31, 000 belonging to a female
worshipper, Mrs Josephine Mofe. On getting to court, Samuel refused to speak in
order to deceive the presiding judge who already knew his antics, but played
along for the suspect to play out his antics.
NAIJ.com gathered that the culprit
was busy gesticulating with his hands after the court registrar had read his
charge to him.
He pretended to be hearing impaired
and did not take his plea. After allowing him play out his card, the presiding
Magistrate, Mr Akeem Fashola, ordered that he be remanded in prison custody
since he refused to talk.
On hearing the order, the deaf and
dumb suspect suddenly got delivered as he realized that he was being sent to
the prison.
He started talking and pleading with
the court for leniency to the amusement of the complainants present in court
but unfortunately it was too late.
Samuel who had earlier written a
statement in court and had confessed there before his arraignment later
confessed at the court and said he pretended to be deaf and dump so that
Magistrate Fashola could have pity on him and released him.
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