Court sentences 14-year-old to 3 years in prison for raping 4-year-old

Tue, Dec 11, 2018 | By publisher


Judiciary

AN Upper Area Court I, Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced a 14-year-old boy to three years in prison for raping a four-year-old girl.

The judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced the teenager without an option to pay fine.

Suleiman held that the punishment would serve as deterrent to others who would want to indulge in such crimes.

The prosecutor, Insp Yakubu Audu had earlier told the court that the case was transferred from the  Kaduna-Vom Police station  to the State Crime Investigation and Intelligence Department on Sept. 24.

Audu told the court that Ezekiel Jatau of Bachil District of Riyom Local Government reported that that the teenager lured his daughter into the bush and  raped her.

On arraignment, the accused pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency.

Audu said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 283 of the penal code law of Northern Nigeria

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– Dec. 11, 2018 @ 11:19 GMT |

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