Edo teacher jailed for sexual assault.
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Alexander Okere, Benin
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 countsFollow @Mazana17
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