An East Orange man who admitted strangling his pregnant wife on December 2013 is now looking to withdraw his guilty plea.
On March 19, Babatope Owoseni, 35, filed a motion to retract the guilty plea he entered earlier this year in which he admitting to killing his 26-year-old wife, Fatoumata Owoseni, who was nine months pregnant.
As part of a plea agreement, Owoseni pleaded guilty to an aggravated manslaughter charge rather than to face a murder charge which carries a minimum sentence of 30 years in prison.
Owoseni remains in custody at the Essex County Correctional Facility in lieu of $750,000 bail.
Under current state laws, Owoseni could not be charged with the death of the unborn child.