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79-Year-Old Carpenter Bags Life Jail For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 12
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, sentenced a 79-year-old carpenter, Olagbade Jeremiah, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.
Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution was able to prove the offence of defilement against the convict without reasonable doubt.
Jeremiah was arraigned on a count sexual assault by penetration preferred against him by the state.
According to the lead prosecution counsel, Olusola Soneye, the offence committed contravened Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Soneye, who is a Director of Public Prosecutions, told the court that the convict sexually assaulted the victim by inserting his finger in her vagina.
He said the incident took place in 2021 in the workshop of the convict in the Mammy Barracks Market in the Ojo area of Lagos State.
During the trial, the prosecution called three witnesses, including the victim.
Delivering her judgment, Soladoye held that the victim testified that she used to hawk sachet water and that the convict used to buy every sachet water in her possession whenever she was not able to sell everything.
According to the judge, the victim stated in her testimony that she was given N100 by the convict every time he performed the act on her.
She said, “He usually gave me money. Before he gives me the money, he removes my pants. Every time it happens, he gives me N100.”
Justice Soladoye also stated that the victim did not inform anybody about the incident because she was afraid her mother would beat her.
She said the victim’s mother beat her up when she found out and gave her sachet water to hawk.
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