An Igbosere high court has sentenced a 27 year old security guard, Daniel Peter to ten years imprisonment for child defilement.
Delivering judgment in the matter, Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye found Peter guilty of a one count charge of defilement contrary to section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011 preferred against him by the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The convict who resides at Pleasure Area, Along Abeokuta Road Lagos, was accused of sexual defilement of a five year old girl.
A statement issued Wednesday by Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Kayode Oyekanmi said the DPP had arraigned the convict before the court on July 21, 2016.
During trial, the first prosecution witness, Inspector Enobang Ekareine, serving at the Juvenile Welfare Section, Oke-Odo Police Station, while giving account of investigation of the incident, had told the court that the offence was committed by the defendant when he gained unlawful access to the home of the victim in the absence of her aunt.
He said the convict took advantage of the situation in carrying out the crime.
The defendant had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge brought against him, but later confessed to the crime in the face of overwhelming evidence presented by the prosecution, which included documented statement of a Medical Doctor who also was a state witness.
The final written addresses of the prosecution and defence were adopted on the November 13, 2017 before judgement was pronounced on Tuesday.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had during the commissioning of the Special Courts for sexual Offences and Corruption in the State promised to make Lagos State uncomfortable for sexual offenders by bringing perpetrators to justice without delay. - The Nation
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