Student, 32 bags 21 years jail for fondling breasts of girl, 10

Admin I Tuesday, July 02, 2024

 

LAGOS, Nigeria – A Domestic Violence and Sexual Offence Court on Monday sentenced a 32-year-old student, Essien Aniedi-Bassey to 21 years imprisonment for attempts to sexually assault a 10-year-old girl.

Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Aniedi-Bassey to 21 years jail term after he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child.

“The combined term of the 21 years imprisonment shall begin from March 23, 2018,” the judge held.

The State Counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade, had presented two witnesses, the survivor and an Investigative Police Officer (IPO) before the convict opted for a plea bargain agreement.

Abolade had told the court that the convict committed the offence sometime in August 2017 on Araromi Valley Estate in Ojodu, Lagos.

She submitted that the convict attempted to defile a minor.

The prosecution also told the court that the convict indecently treated the survivor by touching her breasts, contrary to ections 135 and 262 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, (2015).