14-Yr-Old Docked For Defiling 5-Yr Old Girl

[Shola Sholaz]

The police, yesterday, arraigned a 14-year-old student before an Abule Egba magistrate's court, Lagos, for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl.
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The teenager is facing a charge of defilement of a child.
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The prosecutor, Inspector Rachael Williams, told the court that the offence was committed on September 9, at Iyalode Street, Agege, Lagos.
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The prosecutor said: "The accused inserted his finger into the private part of a five-year-old girl with the intent to have carnal knowledge of her."
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Williams said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
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Section 137 provides that any person who has intercourseual intercourse with a child is guilty of a felony and is liable to life imprisonment, but the accused pleaded not guilty.
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The Magistrate, Mr. Tajudeen Elias, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
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He adjourned the case till October 8 for hearing.

[Folami David]

Serves the individual right. I think the person should be sent to jail for 50 years.
Yes it's worth it!