A 35 year old man identified as Gift Meshack, has been jailed for three years by a High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State for defiling a six-year-old girl identified as Tamara.
Justice Nayai delivered the judgment on Friday after weighing the evidence against Meshack .
Nayai found Meshack guilty, explaining that any attempt to “have sex with a female counterpart without her consent amount to rape.”
He lamented that the matter before the court involved a minor.
Nayai said the court found the accused person guilty of contravening the law, adding that the jail term would act as a deterrent to others.
The prosecutor, Mr. Boy Endoni, had told the court that in July 2010, Meshack “had unlawful and indecent canal knowledge of the minor” at Etegwe-Epie area of Yenagoa.
He said Meshack committed the crime when his victim visited him.
According to him, the accused person accosted his victim, fondled, kissed and dragged her to his bed where he violated her, an offence punishable under Section 146 of the Criminal Code.
He said Tamara’s mother became inquisitive when the victim complained about pain in her private part.
“That was when she told her mother what happened,” he said.
Source:punch
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