Man Bags Life Imprisonment for Defiling School Student – Sex crimes and domestic violence court in Ikeja have sentenced a man, Stephen Francis, to life in prison for desecrating an 11-year-old elementary school student in his room.
The Nigerian News Agency (NAN) reports that Judge Aviola Soladoe believed the prosecution had adequately established the three essential elements of corruption in her conviction.
Soladoe said the convict voluntarily pleaded guilty to overwhelming testimony from prosecution witnesses, two of her pieces of evidence posted on her panties at the Olosan Police Department and the state’s CIID. Stated.
In her opinion, the prisoner’s testimony is consistent with that of the survivor and her mother in court.
“The survivor, 11-year-old primary five pupil, identified the defendant in the dock as the man who sexually defiled her when he told her that his wife was calling her to run errands for her.
“The defendant took her to his house and had sex with her. She said, “he took me to his room and slept with me. I went to mother and reported to her after that we went to the police station”.
“The survivor’s testimony was consistent and unshaken under cross-examination.
“The survivor’s mother testified that she went to buy drugs for herself on the day of the incident and that she met her daughter crying by the time she got back home.
“The evidence of the prosecution witness 2 (survivor’s mother) that she examined the private part of her daughter and found sperm confirmed the narration of the survivor.
“There is no contradiction to nullify the guilt of the defendant as the evidence before the court is very clear.
“The defendant stripped her naked and had unlawful sexual intercourse with her,” she said.
The judge further held that slight penetration amounted to sexual intercourse and denial by the defendant was an afterthought.
“The defendant claimed he was at work on the day the incident happened but he failed to bring an alibi to buttress his point.
“Parents and guardians should be alive to good parenting in this present day and time.
“I hereby find the defendant guilty as charged of the one-count charge of defilement and he is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.
“The defendant should have his name registered in the sexual offense register as maintained by Lagos State,” Soladoye said.
The prosecution team – Olusola Shoneye, Olufunke Adegoke, and Abimbola Abolade – called two witnesses, but the defendant was the only defense to testify.
They said the prisoners committed the crime on August 12, 2020, on Fagvenro Street in Idi Alaba, Musin, Lagos.
Source: NANNEWS
