An Egor Magistrates’ Court, Benin, Edo State, on Wednesday sentenced a 47-year-old man, Rotimi Olayemi, to four years’ imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
Olayemi, said to be an
English teacher at the King of Kings College, had been arraigned on four counts
bothering on sexual assault.
The prosecutor, Mrs.
Osasu Ewemade, had told the court that the convict, Olayemi, committed the
crime on May 26, 2014, in his office in the college.
The father of three was
said to have invited the victim, a 13-year-old pupil of the school, to his
office where he hugged, kissed and fondled her.
Ewemade had also said
Olayemi put his hand in her private parts.
She said the offence
contravened Section 360 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48, Vol. II, Law of the
defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable in Edo.
The convict had
pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The presiding
magistrate, Mrs. Igho Braimoh, found him guilty on all counts and sentenced him
to one year in prison for each count.
Braimoh added that the
prison terms would run concurrently.
The magistrate,
however, gave an option of fine of N50,000 for each of the counts.
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