Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a man identified as Richard Saviour to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 14-year-old niece.
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) in a statement on Wednesday revealed that Saviour even infected the teenager with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
The DSVA further said that the convict’s name will be registered in the Sexual Offenders Register as maintained by Lagos State.
Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced Saviour to life imprisonment with the State Counsel, Mr. Ola Azeez, calling three witnesses to prove the prosecution’s case while the convict testified in his defence during the trial.
In her ruling, the judge held that the evidence provided by all the prosecution witnesses was corroborated and considered as the truth.
Justice Ogala said the victim’s…
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