So the jury is assumed to be incapable of understanding the fine distinctions
between different offences, and has no role whatsoever in deciding which offences shall be included on the indictment.
Adewoye said that 42 suspects were arrested
for different offences in 2016 and some were serving jail terms while others were undergoing prosecution.
It also questions whether the prior construction of a hierarchy of offence seriousness ensures that similar offences attract similar penalties, claiming that the grouping
of different offences into levels of seriousness produces the opposite result.
There are about 50 Nigerians serving various jail terms for
different offences in Indonesia with about 11 of them on death row
[emphasis added] This to my mind suggests that the judge in that case was accepting that there were in fact two
different offences which could be applied to driving 50Km over the limit.
This criminal application of the «eggshell skull» principle — namely that the criminal takes the victim as they find them — means that two people carrying out the same actions with the same intent could be charged with
different offences due to the consequences which flow.
In particular, they must be aware that, even if a player commits a number
of different offences, he must still be cautioned for persistently infringing the Laws.»
According to the statement, «Council also at the Meeting, decided to warn Hon. Justice M. N. Esowe of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Adolphus Enebeli of the High Court of Justice, Rivers State and Hon. Justice Bassey Frank Etuk of the Akwa - Ibom State High Court
for different offences and place two of them on the «Watch List» of the Council.
The Ondo State Police Command on Monday paraded 34 suspected criminals arrested for
different offences.
Insofar as the cheque he received from Nigel Wright is concerned, Duffy has been charged with three
different offences: (1) bribery, contrary to s. 119 of the Criminal Code; (2) fraud on the government, contrary to s. 121 (1)(c); and (3) breach of trust, contrary to s. 122.