A Grade 1 Area Court in Karshi, Abuja, on Thursday
sentenced one Godwin Aboyi, 28, a businessman, to one year imprisonment
for attempting to rape a 4-year-old girl...
The convict was charged with a count charge of attempt to
commit an Offense of rape, which contravened the provisions of Section
95 of the Penal Code.
The convict admitted committing the offense and begged the court for leniency.
The Judge, Mr. Aliyu Ibrahim, however, gave the convict N50,000 option of fine.
The Judge, Mr. Aliyu Ibrahim, however, gave the convict N50,000 option of fine.
The Prosecutor, Mr Mamud Ismai’la, had told the court that
the mother of the victim, Anna Joseph, reported the matter at Jikwoyi
Police Station, on August 14.
He said that on the said date, the complainant left her daughter inside the room and went behind the house.
According to Ismai’la “ while the girl was fast asleep,
the defendant who is a neighbour went inside the house and attempted to
abuse the little girl sexually before the complainant caught him and
raised an alarm.
The prosecutor told the court that medical examinations
from a government hospital revealed that the girl was indecently
assaulted. (NAN)
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