$83,486 An Bada Kyautar Wani Mutum Da Aka Harbe Yana Kokarin Dakatar Da Barawo

Wani alkali na babbar kotun Los Angeles ya gano a karshen watan da ya gabata cewa kantin kayan adon da aka yi sata ne ke da alhakin harsashin harsashin da aka samu a huhun Mogford, hanta da hanji. Masu shagunan ba su yarda ba kuma suna shirin yin takara da hukuncin, suna masu cewa bai kamata a tuhume su da laifin wani Ba Samariya nagari ba.

"Muna so mu hana irin wannan kwat da wando da irin wannan hali," in ji Noel E. Macaulay, lauya na wanda ake tuhuma Ben Bridge Jewelers.

Dangane da ayyukan da suka sami nasarar karrama Mogford a matsayin gwarzo, Macaulay ya ce: "Kawai bai kamata ya yi hakan ba. . . . Yana da matukar hadari."

Alkalan kotun sun tantance adadin diyya a shari’ar zuwa dala $119,267, amma sun gano cewa Mogford na da alhakin kashi 30% na raunin da ya samu. Hakan na nufin Mogford ya cancanci karbar fiye da $83,486 idan hukuncin ya tsaya.

Abubuwan da ke faruwa a cikin shari'ar da kuma shawarar da alkalan kotun suka yanke na rike Mogford wani bangare na alhakin raunin da ya samu ya haifar da tambayoyi game da abin da masu kallo ya kamata su yi idan sun ga wani laifi yana ci gaba.

Duk da cewa an hana daukar matakin kai tsaye a hukumance, jami'an tilasta bin doka da shugabannin al'umma sun yaba da ayyukan Mogford ta hanyar sanya masa sunan Redondo Beach Citizen na shekara a 1987, shekara guda bayan harbin.

Shugaban ‘yan sandan bakin teku na Redondo Roger M. Moulton ya ba da shawarar Mogford don samun lambar yabo, yana yaba masa saboda sha'awar da ya yi na neman taimako. Ko da a lokacin, duk da haka, 'yan sanda sun hana irin wannan aika-aikar na wasu da ba a horar da su ba da suka shaida wani laifi.

"Ba ma son shaidun da ke yin illa ga lafiyarsu," in ji Moulton a wata hira da aka yi kwanan nan. “Idan ana yi muku fashi ko kuma ku ga ana fashi, kada ku yi tsayin daka ko ku yi kokarin shiga cikin lamarin. . . . Samu bayanin, lambar lasisi, kuma a sami bayanin ga 'yan sanda."

Mogford da kansa yanzu yana da tunani na biyu game da wannan rana mai kusantar mutuwa.

"Ba zan sake yin hakan ba. . . . Babu wani abu da ya cancanci a harbe shi," in ji shi. Shawaransa iri ɗaya ce da ta Moulton: “Idan kuka ga fashi, ku yi amfani da idanunku, ku tuna abin da kuke gani . . . kuma a kira 'yan sanda."

Mogford ya ce yana jin an tabbatar masa da hukuncin da alkalan kotun suka yanke kuma ya ji haushin yunkurin da shagon ke yi na zarginsa da kyakkyawar niyyarsa.

A lokacin harbin - Feb. 15 ga Disamba, 1986 - Mogford da budurwarsa suna siyayya don zoben aure a Ben Bridge Jewelers. Barawon ya kama zoben lu'u-lu'u dalar Amurka $29,900 daga wata budaddiyar akwati. Yayin da magatakarda ke kururuwar neman taimako, Mogford ya kori ya kama dan fashin daga baya.

Mogford ya ce "Halin da na fara yi shi ne na taimaka, abin burgewa ne." "Ban yi tunanin sakamakon ba."

Shaidu sun ce, yayin da Mogford ke rataye a bayansa, dan fashin ya zaro karamar bindiga daga karkashin bel dinsa ya harba a kafadarsa. Harsashin ya shiga kafadar Mogford inda ya doki huhunsa da hanta da kuma hanjinsa kamar yadda rahotanni suka nuna.

"Ban ma ji harbin ba," in ji Mogford a wata hira da aka yi kwanan nan. Ya ce dan fashin ya balle, ya juya ya sake harbi. “Duk abin ya faru da sauri, mutumin yana ja da baya yana harbi. . . . Sai na koma cikin (shagon) domin in yi musu gargadi."

Sai da ya koma shagon ya gane cewa ya samu rauni.

Barawon ya tsere daga inda lamarin ya faru kuma bayan kwanaki biyar aka kama shi kamar yadda ‘yan sanda suka bayyana. Colton J. A karshe Simpson, mai shekaru 26, ya amsa laifinsa na yin fashi da makami da kuma yunkurin kisa, kamar yadda ‘yan sandan Redondo Beach suka ruwaito. Simpson na zaman gidan yari na shekaru 24, in ji su.

A watan Mayu, 1986, Mogford ya warke sosai don ya auri angonsa, Ellyn, kuma ya koma aiki a matsayin direban motar siminti. Yanzu sun haifi diya mace.

Lauyan Mogford, Robert S. Scuderi, ya bayar da hujjar cewa manajojin Ben Bridge Jewelers a Galleria suna da alhakin raunin Mogford saboda ba su yi abin da ya dace don kare abokan cinikinsu daga dan fashin ba.

Scuderi ya ce "Mugun mutumin (Simpson) ya kasance yana rataye a kusa da kantin sayar da kaya har tsawon mako guda," in ji Scuderi. A ranar da aka yi fashin, manajan kantin ya kori Simpson daga shagon, amma ya dawo ya nemi ya ga wasu kayan ado masu arha. Lokacin da aka bude karar, sai ya kama zoben lu'u-lu'u, in ji Scuderi.

“Mai shagon bai nuna kulawa ta yau da kullun ba. Su (masu kula da kantin sayar da kayayyaki da magatakarda) sun san akwai matsala. . . suna da alhakin kare abokan cinikinsu," in ji Scuderi. Kamata ya yi shagon ya sanar da jami’an tsaro na ‘yan sanda ko kuma mall kafin a yi fashin, in ji shi.

Lauyan kantin sayar da kayan ado Macaulay ya nuna rashin amincewa sosai, yana mai cewa babu wani abu a tarihin kantin ko kantin sayar da kayayyaki da ke nuna cewa akwai yiwuwar yin fashi ko harbe-harbe. Manajojin kantin ba su da wani dalili na zargin Simpson, in ji shi.

Kyautar jury ɗin ta rama Mogford don kashe kuɗin likita, asarar kuɗin da aka samu da ciwo da wahala gabaɗaya.

Tuni kungiyar Galleria ta biya Mogford dala 10,000 a wata tattaunawa da aka yi. Lauyan kantin sayar da kayan adon ya ce zai nemi alkalin kotun ya ajiye sauran dala 73,486 ko kuma ya daukaka kara zuwa wata babbar kotu.