Court jails 25-year-old man 7 years for defiling 10-year-old in Rivers

A Rivers State High Court sitting successful Port Harcourt has sentenced 25-year-old Jerry Njoku to 7 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a ten-year-old minor.

Delivering judgement, proceedings justice Justice Rita Oguguo held that the prosecution had successfully proved the lawsuit of defilement against Njoku, sentencing him to 7 years’ imprisonment with hard labour. The justice besides ordered the convict to wage the sum of 5 cardinal naira arsenic compensation to the household of the insignificant for her upkeep.

While the defence counsel declined to remark connected the judgment, the prosecution counsel, Precious Ordu, a Chief State Counsel with the Ministry of Justice, described the verdict arsenic a invited development, saying it would service the interests of the state, the unfortunate and the convict alike.

Ordu expressed assurance that the judgement would service arsenic a deterrent to persons harbouring intentions of defiling minors, urging specified individuals to workout restraint.

“It’s a invited development. At slightest those that person intentions of defiling minors volition besides beryllium up and power their urge.

“I’m definite this happening is not ordinary, for a miss of 10 years to ...