yeah, time goes by fast when you're having fun. Before we knew it, it was time to go back to the station, while we were on the bus, my phone rang yeaaaa it was my crazy cousin there was this mini party going on around his yard and he told me to come around. I was proper excited and I almost forgot about the fact the coitus wasn't gonna happen with jane. I was looking forward to the party already. On the bus I talked to her about seeing her again, she wanted me to come over for Christmas; her parents and siblings were going away for the holidays, it sounded like the perfect idea. We kissed on the bus and almost missed the stop that afternoon was going well according to plan.
Getting to the station, she told me how much she enjoyed her day and how badly she so wanted to see me again. I slightly smiled and told her I enjoyed it more but wished she could stay around a lil bit longer she bribed me with a kiss to the lips and smiled. It was time her train had arrived and it was time to go, I tried to hold back the tears and it just too hard, she whispered to me Christmas is in a month, we gonna have 2 weeks to ourselves. I hugged her and said good bye headed to my platform to head down to forest gate and chill with my dons.
The party was live and made sense; I was too drunk to holla at Jane or check up on her by the time I got home, she didn't call or text me either but I couldn't care less. I called her phone the next day but she didn't pick up and also texted she didn't reply as well, at this point I was getting really worried. Did I do something wrong the previous way, is she pissed at me for not calling or is she just ignoring me on purpose, these thoughts went through my head as I tried to sort myself out and get ready for the new week.
It's been 2 weeks now and jane hadn't gotten back to me yet, she wasn't picking her phone and she wasn't replying my text. I had a feeling she wasn't interested in what she saw and didn't want to have anything to do with me no more. I was having this normal family conversation with my mum and aunties when someone knocked, it was the feds and they wanted to see me. What did I do, why are the feds at my house all armed and fierce? My mum was worried. On getting to the police station they asked me if I knew any Jane and I answered yes, they asked me some other questions like when last did I see her and that. At the end of it all, I was informed that jane was dead. She had been raped and murdered and her body was found in a bush somewhere in London. 'London' I told them how I saw her go on to her platform to get her train and that. The feds were not having any of that, they said as I was the last person she contacted and I was the last person she was seen around with, I was gonna have to defend my innocence in court. ................................ No not the court, I am innocent, how would I rape someone I claimed to love. My mum was in tears as the sergeant broke the news to her; I was refused bail as they thought I would run away and not face the charges. I told my mum to call the lawyer and call the pastors and alfas she knew. She believed me but she was scared. At this point, I can admit that I was never this scared and worried before in my life. I could go to jail for this and that would be a disgrace to my mum.
My first day at court, my lawyer argued that I was innocent, the prosecutor said opposite the case was going back and forth and the judge adjourned the case and refused me bail STILL. That day my lawyer asked me if I had an alibi that could say where I was between the hours of 6pm and 12pm on that Saturday (when I saw jane last), yes that was my saving grace, I remembered that phone call for the party and all the other things that went on that night. I gave him a list of people that he could call to testify for me and help me out of my predicament.
We arrived at the courtroom for what was meant to be my last day at court. The prosecutor called out his final witness, my ex who I once threatened to rape and kill that was the final blow for me I had a feeling the jury already made up their mind I was going to jail, I could hear my mum and sister cry, this was it her favourite man after her husband died in a car crash was going to jail. My lawyer asked for the DNA results and autopsy carried out on jane when she was found. These files were presented before court and the results showed other finger prints and biometrics results that were not related to me. He also called out some of the people I chilled with that evening and these people testified that I was with them and also told the courthouse how one of them dropped me off at home because I was too wasted to be on my own. The jury were confused, they needed time before they could declare their verdict, and court was adjourned to the week after.
It was the d-day, day of judgement the lawyers have argued their asses out; it was up to the jury to decide my fate the judge walked in and kicked off proceedings. He went through protocol and asked the jury if they had reached an agreement. They answered yes, I was reading every quranic verse that came into my head at that time, it was time was I gonna go prison or not.....................................
'the jury have reached an anonymous decision and have found the defendant NOT GUILTY of the charges levelled against him'- that was the statement of the person chosen to represent the jury. My heart sank, tears of joy I looked at my mum and rest of the family on the bench, my mum was crying my friends were doing their 'brapness' this was it I was free , discharged and acquitted. The judge warned me not to ever make the mistake of not alerting the feds when something like dis happened again. I couldn't hold it in. thanked my lawyer and family for believing in me this was the greatest victory ever.
Few months later the guys who committed this act where traced and charged, 3 of them sentenced to 78 years without probation.
This was my experience after setting my first and only online 'P'.
and yeah I hope we learnt few things from this.
Special thanks to Shayo for posting this up. She is amazing.
p.s all characters are just made up ones if ur a Jane or ur name was mentioned here im sorry no offences please
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