A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Moses Joseph, to 37 years in jail for defiling a minor.
The convict was said to have inserted his fingers into the girl’s private part before having sexual intercourse with her.
Justice Oluwaroyin Taiwo found him guilty of the two-count charge brought against him by the state government.
The state had told the court that the defendant, on September 17, 2021, at about 11pm, indulged in an act of indecent treatment of the girl (names withheld) by putting his finger into her private part and making her perform a sexual act.
Justice Taiwo held that, “The substantial evidence is overwhelming. Therefore, I find the defendant guilty of all counts.”
The defence counsel, Henry Obidinna, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy by imposing a light sentence on his client as he was a first-time offender.
Justice Taiwo said, “I have listened to the allocutus for the defence and on the first count I sentence you to seven years imprisonment and on the second count I sentence you to 30 years imprisonment.”
However, the court ruled that the prison terms should run concurrently.
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