Miji ya ɗaure matarsa a ɓangon gida don kallon ƙwallon ƙafa. Yanzu yana fuskantar shekaru 10 a gidan yari

Labarin da ya yi ta yawo a kafofin watsa labarai na duniya a watan Oktoba 2026 yana kama da labarin wasan kwaikwayo mai ban dariya: an zargi wani namiji da ɗaure matarsa a kujera a ɓangon gida don ya kalli wasan ƙwallon ƙafa cikin kwanciyar hankali. Duk da haka, a bayan waɗannan taken da suka yi ta yawo, akwai gaskiyar shari'a mai tsanani: Terry Ward, mai shekaru 64, mazaunin Richmond (jihar Virginia), yana fuskantar tuhumar manyan laifuffuka wanda zai iya sa ya shafe shekaru har zuwa 10 a gidan yari.

Abin da rahoton 'yan sanda ya ce

A yammacin 11 ga Oktoba 2026, 'yan sandan Richmond sun bi kira game da rikicin gida a wani gida da ke kan titin Maplewood Avenue. Bisa ga abubuwan da aka ciro daga korafin laifi wanda tashar talabijin ta gida ta WTVR ta duba, yanayin ya kasance kamar haka:

• Matar ta gaya wa jami'an cewa mijinta ya ɗaure ta da teip a kujera ya bar ta a ɓangon gida na kusan mintuna 30 zuwa 45.
• Jami'in 'yan sanda ya rubuta da kansa alamun teip da ragowarsa a hannayen matar biyu.
• Bisa ga rahoton, Ward mai shekaru 64 ya amsa ga jami'an cewa shi ne ya ɗaure matarsa ya sanya ta a ɓangon gida.

Ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin dalili: gaskiya ne ko hasashen kafofin watsa labarai?

Mafi muhimmancin abu da ake muhawara a cikin wannan shari'ar shi ne dalili. Kafofin watsa labarai da yawa, suna mai da hankali kan tushe na gida, sun yaɗa cewa Ward ya yi hakan ne kawai don ya kalli wasan NFL cikin kwanciyar hankali.

Duk da haka, akwai wani abu mai mahimmanci a nan. 'Yan sanda ba su tabbatar da hakan a hukumance ba cewa ƙwallon ƙafa ita ce dalili ɗaya ko babban dalilin tashin hankali. A cikin ɓangaren korafin laifi da aka yi magana akai, ba a ambaci wannan dalilin a bayyane ba. Don haka, "kallon ƙwallon ƙafa" ya kasance wani yanayi da kafofin watsa labarai suka yi hasashe, ba gaskiyar shari'a ba wata kotu za ta amince da ita.

Me yasa ake kira wannan "gata" idan ba a kai ta waje daga gida ba?

Kalmar gata (abduction) tana ruɗa karatattun labarai da yawa. Yana da wuya a kira gata idan an riƙe mutum a gidansa.

Duk da haka, § 18.2-47 na Dokar Virginia ya ba da ma'ana mai kyau: riƙe mutum ba bisa ƙa'ida ba ta amfani da ƙarfi, barazana, ko yaudara da nufin hana shi 'yancin kansa ana ɗaukar shi a matsayin abduction. Dokar ta bayyana a sarari cewa a wannan mahallin, kalmar abduction da kidnapping suna nufin abu ɗaya. Don gabatar da wannan tuhumar, ba lallai ba ne a kai wanda aka azabtar zuwa wani jihar ko a riƙe shi na kwanaki. Kawai gaskiyar hana 'yanci da ƙarfi ya isa, ko da ya faru ne a ɓangon gidan kansa.

Abin da ake fuskanta

Terry Ward yana fuskantar tuhumar biyu, kowannensu yana da sakamako mai tsanani idan aka same shi da laifi:

1. Hana 'yanci ba bisa ƙa'ida ba (Abduction). Ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin manyan laifuffuka na ajin 5 (Class 5 felony). Hukunci: daga shekara 1 zuwa 10 a gidan yari (ko, bisa ga hukuncin kotu, har zuwa watanni 12 a gidan yari na gida da tarar dala 2,500).
2. Tashin hankali ga memba na iyali (Assault and battery against a family member). Ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ƙaramin laifi na ajin 1 (Class 1 misdemeanor). Hukunci: har zuwa watanni 12 a gidan yari da/ko tarar dala 2,500.

Yanayin shari'ar a yanzu

Bayan kama shi, an saki Ward a kan belin dala 20,000. Sharuɗɗan sakin suna da tsauri sosai: hana saduwa da matarsa gaba ɗaya, tilas ya kasance a nisan ƙafafu 1,000 (kimanin mita 300) daga gida, hana mallakar makamai, da kuma tilas yin gwajin barasa da miyagun ƙwayoyi.

Sauraron gaba na Kotun Matasa da Dangantakar Iyali ta Richmond an shirya shi don 10 ga Nuwamba 2026. Yana da mahimmanci a tuna: a wannan matakin, duk tuhumar hasashe ne na bangaren tuhumar, kuma ana ɗaukar wanda ake tuhuma a matsayin mara laifi har sai an tabbatar da laifinsa a kotu.

Labarin da ya yi ta yawo game da "mai sha'awar ƙwallon ƙafa" ya zama ƙaramin ɓangare ne kawai. A tsakiyar hankalin kotu akwai wani muhimmin shari'ar tashin hankali na cikin gida, inda 'yancin 'yancin kai, wanda dokar Virginia ta ba da garanti, ya shiga cikin rikici kai tsaye da ayyukan wanda ake tuhuma.