I learn from Right Of The Right (great blog) that Nigerians continue to do what Nigerians do, this time in Italy. Innocent Oseghale and his compatriot Lucky Desmond have been accused of murdering Pamela Mastropietro in Macerata in January. Oseghale has admitted to chopping up the 18-year-old Roman woman’s body but not to her homicide. And who among us hasn't chopped up a body that we happened to stumble across?
Anyway I can just imagine what the trial, conducted through layers of interpreters, must be like.
Judge to Desmond: These are very serious charges. Are you claiming you're innocent?
Oseghale: I'm Innocent!
Judge, turning to Oseghale: Be silent. I'll come to you in a moment. Returning to Desmond: Now are you innocent or not?
Desmond: No, I'm Lucky. He's Innocent, pointing at Oseghale
Judge, voice rising: The court does not care if you're lucky or not. Are you innocent?
Desmond: No
Judge: So then your guilty?
Desmond: No, I'm innocent
Oseghale: Hey, I am Innocent!
Judge flees courthouse, babbling incoherently.
Judge to Desmond: These are very serious charges. Are you claiming you're innocent?
Oseghale: I'm Innocent!
Judge, turning to Oseghale: Be silent. I'll come to you in a moment. Returning to Desmond: Now are you innocent or not?
Desmond: No, I'm Lucky. He's Innocent, pointing at Oseghale
Judge, voice rising: The court does not care if you're lucky or not. Are you innocent?
Desmond: No
Judge: So then your guilty?
Desmond: No, I'm innocent
Oseghale: Hey, I am Innocent!
Judge flees courthouse, babbling incoherently.