A magistrate court siting in Igarra, Edo State has sentenced a 31-year-old man, Sunday Akpeji, to nine years in the correctional centre for raping a seven-year-old girl.
The convict, a security guard, was arraigned on a one-count charge of unlawfully defiling a minor on August 19, 2019.
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The case has suffered several adjournments.
The prosecutor, Obeze Samuel, told the court that the convict committed the offence at Enwan/Ososo Road, Uffa Quarters, Igarra in Akoko Edo LGA.
According to him, the convict, who is a security guard in the compound of the minor, had carnal knowledge of her when she went out to urinate at night.
The prosecutor said the offence was punishable under Section 218 of the Criminal Code. At the resumed hearing, Magistrate Nosa Musoe, said all the evidences tendered had convinced the court beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty of the offence.
“The prosecution’s evidence is overwhelming and I hereby find the defendant guilty of the offence”.
He, therefore, sentenced the defendant to nine years in prison with hard labour and without option of fine.
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