Bricklayer bagged life sentence for defiling seven-year-old girl
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State
Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Monday sentenced a bricklayer, Idowu
Gbolahan, to life imprisonment for defiling his seven-year-old niece.
Gbolahan, was arraigned on one count of
defilement by the Lagos State Government, committed the offence at his
residence on Morocco Road, Shomolu on August 11, 2018.
The prosecutor, Feyinti Ogbemudia, had told the
court that the convict molested the victim when she went to drink water in her
grandmother’s room.
He had told the court that 30-year-old Gbolahan
pulled off the victim’s pants and had forceful sexual intercourse with her
while the cry of the victim drew the attention of neighbours who rescued her.
He added that the victim was referred to the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where she was afterward referred to
the Mirabel Centre for examination and treatment.
Delivering the judgment on Monday, Justice
Soladoye held that the victim had violated the chastity of the victim.
She said, “I have reviewed the facts of the case
and I hereby find the defendant guilty of the one count of defilement.
“The defendant violated the chastity of a child,
thereby leaving an indelible emotional trauma. I can imagine the trauma the
child went through.
“According to Section 131 of the Lagos State
Criminal Law, the defendant is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.”
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