Boy Bags 14-Year Jail Term For Raping Student
A 17-year-old boy, Jibola Fakologbon, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for assaulting and raping a student.
He was convicted and sentenced by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure.
Justice Yemi Fasanmi, while delivering judgment, found Jibola guilty of the offence.
The court held that the prosecution was able to prove its case of indecent assault and rape against the convict beyond reasonable doubt.
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Jibola was arraigned in December 2021, on two counts charge of assault and rape, which he pleaded not guilty.
The prosecuting counsel, D. Kayode, had informed the court that the convict on March 11, about 5 p.m., at Ero via Igbara-Oke, indecently assaulted a lady (name withheld), who is a student of Ero College of Education.
Kayode said the convict at the same place and time, was also alleged of raping the victim.
