The Ikot Abasi Local Government Area Division of the Akwa lbom State High Court has sentenced a man identified as Israel Jacob, to life imprisonment for raping a teenage girl.
According to the case presented by the prosecutor in court, the victim had been sent by her mother to a nearby farm to fetch cassava stems to be planted during the farming season, but was unlucky to encounter the accused who forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.
According to the prosecution,Jacob, deploying an intimidating tactic had falsely accused his victim of stealing the cassava stems, and threatened to report her to the owner of the farm, except she agreed to have sexual intercourse with him.
When the victim refused, the defendant, the prosecution stated, resorted to the use of force before overpowering his victim and raping her.
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“The child cried out and raised an alarm, but no one came to her rescue,” the case file revealed adding that the defendant later fled the scene after committing the offence, but was arrested thereafter.
Consequently, the presiding Judge, Justice Ini-Abasi Udobong, has no other option than to pronounce life jail sentence on him, holding that the prosecution has proven the case beyond every reasonable doubt to warrant the punishment having found the convict guilty as charge.
