The courtroom was filled to the brim as everyone had come to
the final hearing of the case. Different blogs and media houses
had carried the story of a certain student who had gone into
the home of a Sunday School teacher and murdered him in
cold blood, while their seven-year-old son watched. While the trial had lasted for months, the defendant-counsel needed time
for a thorough investigation as her client couldn't remember
what had happened that night.
Eve walked in amidst jeers and shouts and took the witness
stand. She knew it was the end of the road for her and her
freedom depended on her lawyer and the last piece of
evidence the prosecution wasn't aware her counsel had. She
watched her lawyer walk to her and face the jury as she began
her closing speech. "Before my closing speech, I would like
the court to give my client, Miss Eve Ichie, an opportunity to
tell us what transpired that night as she has been unable
to speak since this trial started due to her unstable mental
health. I would also like to present a final piece of evidence
which just came to light" She smiled when she saw the look
that passed between the prosecutor and his client. No one
knew about this evidence and it would come as a shock. "My
Lord," the lawyer said facing the judge who nodded, "you can
begin now, Eve" Eve took a deep breath and closed her eyes
as she recounted the horror of that night.
"I stood in the corridor and watched Josh runoff. "I'm
supposed to open the door right?" I thought to myself, what I
would discover behind the door scared me but I still had to go
through with it. With a pounding heart, I eased the door open
and my eyes almost popped out from what I saw. The room
was painted red with a soft green light. In the middle of the
room was a big poster bed occupied by Mrs Aransi who was holding down a struggling Sidi, their house help brandished
by her husband. I quickly took out my phone and started
recording the room which was filled with scary-looking
BDSM devices. Mr And Mrs Aransi were
unaware of an intruder in their vicious act but suddenly, my
alarm went off which drew the attention of the rapists. They
were surprised to see someone in the room "How did you get
in here?" Mrs Aransi hissed at me, getting up from the bed.
"Who is this?" Asked Mr Aransi getting up from Sidi who
moaned in pain but couldn't speak as she had been gagged".
"Seeing that I'd been caught and trapped, I quickly sent the
video I had recorded up to that point to my friend via
WhatsApp and thought of an escape plan "Don't come near
me," I said weakly "Josh already called the cops" Mrs Aransi
laughed wickedly "Joshua is sleeping, you moron," she said,
"we drug him every night before we start," she said advancing
towards me. I picked up a mean-looking stick from a shelf
beside me "how do you think I got here?" I asked them, they
looked at each other and Mr Aransi shouted; "I told you to
increase the dose, you dunce!" he said to his wife," which
could have killed him" she replied. "Now look what he has
done!" He thundered. "Not if we kill her," she said, smiling at
Eve. "Yes," Mr Aransi said, moving towards Eve.
Eve knew she had to do something or she was as good as
dead. She saw Mr Aransi moving quickly towards her and she
took a swing with the stick in her hands hitting him on the
head. Mr Aransi fell to the ground without a sound, blood
gushing out of his head. Furious, Mrs Aransi rushed toward
Eve and knocked the stick out of her hand, both of them fell to
the floor as they struggled to reach the stick. Mrs Aransi got
the stick first and hit Eve on the head with a mild blow which
rendered her unconscious. In the haze of the pain, she heard
the whimper of the maid and the siren. Joshua had called the
cops, the Calvary was coming.
"So, my client woke up at the hospital handcuffed to her
bed, a suspect instead of a victim, a murderer instead of a
hero" The lawyer paused and paced back and forth. She had
the attention of the entire courtroom and the nation as the media houses were airing the trial live. This is the trial of the year,
she thought. "As you will discover in a short while, the
Aransis are sadists who take pleasure in raping and torturing
little kids who they take in under the guise of employing them
as maids. The maid Eve met at their house was the seventh
girl they had taken in, raped, tortured and murdered" a shout
went out from the courtroom and the plaintiff shouted an
"objection, my lord!" The judge banged his gravel "overruled"
he said "go-ahead" he nodded to Eve's lawyer.
"Like I said" the lawyer continued "there are piles of
evidence and witnesses to back up this claim but let us focus
on what happened that night. Mrs Aransi, seeing her husband
dead and knowing the police were coming, quickly cleared the
room and Sidi who was weak was threatened to silence" the
courtroom was once again silent. "She told the police when
they came that Eve had broken into their home and murdered
her husband whom she was obsessed with, and she had
knocked her down in self-defence" she walked to her table,
brought out a phone and said "the following video you are
about to see is the one Eve made that night, May 3rd, 2024.
Viewer discretion is advised.