Idowu Daniel, a 31-year-old teacher, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student on school grounds.Information Guide Nigeria
Defilement was the primary accusation against the defendant.
Because the victim neglected to appear in court to provide testimony, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove the accusation of defilement against the defendant.
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She claimed that the defendant’s voluntary confessional admission proved that he sexually molested the kid.
“The defendant admitted to having fondled the breast of the victim twice and tried to have sex with her but he could not penetrate as she was a virgin.
“The defendant is hereby convicted on the charge of sexual assault of a child,” she held.
In his allocutions, the convict pleaded for mercy when he was asked if he had anything to say.
“My lord, I am very sorry for what happened. I promise it will not happen again,” the convict told the court.
The judge also lashed out at the convict for touching the survivor in a suggestive way, adding that he would have gotten life imprisonment if the minor had testified in court.
“You are a teacher and you were touching the breast of your student. You would have gone for life imprisonment if the victim had come to court to testify.”JAMB Result
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