A Magistrate Court in Benin on Wednesday sentenced Mr Saturday Udoh, 39, to five years imprisonment with an option of N80, 000 fine for defiling a five-year-old girl.
Delivering judgement, Chief Magistrate Mike Osayi held that the prosecution, led by Sergeant Shaibu Mohammed, proved its case of defilement against the convict as required by law.
The prosecution had told the court that Udoh committed the offence on May 31, at Falodun Country Home Motel, Benin, and that the one-count charge contravened Section 218 of the criminal code.
The court held that the evidence of the convict that he went to collect money from somebody at the house opposite where he worked when the incident happened was untrue.
The court also faulted the witnesses called by the convict, noting that their testimonies were conflicting.
The court further held that the proximity between the convict’s residence and his office could not rule out the possibility of the convict dashing home to commit the offence and returning to work.
The court also held that there was identification parade conducted in the house and the little girl pointed at the convict as being responsible for her defilement.
Osayi described the victim as intelligent due to her evidence in court as well as the manner she responded to questions put to her by the court during cross examination.
Consequently, the court found Udoh guilty and sentenced him accordingly.
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For Gods sake! Why such a miserable fine after all that effort and he is not jailed? Why? And you wonder what is wrong with the country when another crime is commited and he is beaten and burnt to death in jungle justice. Wake up nigeria and protect your citizens or the masses will keep doing it themselves.
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ReplyDeletey cant court jail d idiot wit his stupid penis what is money ? He has destroy d girl
ReplyDeleteWhat is 80000 compared to the lil gals virginity. Crap!
ReplyDeleteDid I hear 80k huh ???????????? this country won't stop amazing me ,this is one of the reasons people take laws into their hands. The man ought to be castrated Rubbish
ReplyDeleteOh my God, is this a judgement?
ReplyDeleteWe need a revolution in this country not mere comments
ReplyDeleteWhat the issue here is is not what the judgement is. But is this what the law/constitution prescribes? If this is what the law prescribes, then God help Nigeria. This should spark a review bcos it is a mockery of the people and an insult to our collective intelligene. I does nothing to deter would be criminals as is meant to be the main goal of law and law enforcement. If this is lieniency on the part of this judge I would suggest somebody with appropriate locus standi should get him refer for investigation and possible diciplinary action.
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