I bought an icloud locked iphone 5s accidentaly ?

Hello There,first of all i may convey that im not a thief and did not steal others belonging.i bought an iphone 5s (imei-**********) from someone and its icloud locked. it came from south africa to bangladesh where is i am. I didn't know that it was icloud locked.The person i bought from told me its icloud unlocked and i cant even ship back this to south africa and the person sold me is out of my contact..On the other hand its factory unlocked since i tested with a sim and it got the network.To verify that i really bought the device i can provide a picture of imei matched box and other accessories.Needless to say i cant steal a box.
what are my options here ?
i'll be glad to if i can give back the device to the original owner (i know how it feels to lose your favourite phone) but its not possible to send electronic item such as mobile device from our country as of GPO custom terms and regulation .it would be appreciated if apple considers to remove the icloud lock from their server so that i can use the device and send a thank you note to apple.otherwise my four hundred dollar would be wasted and it would be an useless phone.
Thanks.
Have a good day.
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It's useless to you.
You may not have stolen it, but it's entirely possible that whoever sold it to you did.
Apple isn't going to intervene in this.
Sorry you wasted your money, but you're going to have to buy another phone.
The next time you consider buying a used iPhone or iPad, check to see if it's activation locked before you throw away your money: https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/

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