Osun State High Court has found the popular hotel owner, Dr
Ramon Adedoyin guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a former Masters
student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, whose death occurred
between November 5 and 7, 2021 at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife.
The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her
judgement on the case, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the
court, pointed to the killing of Adegoke while being a guest at the hotel owned
by Adedoyin.
According to her, Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the
witness box did not help him, as the circumstantial evidence had shifted the
burden of proof on him.
Justice Ojo also said Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the
witness box meant he agreed to the murder charge pressed against him by the
prosecution, dismissing the alibi pleaded on his behalf by his counsel, who
said the hotel owner was in Abuja for many days around the time the death of
the late Adegoke occurred.
Details later…
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