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Man, 35, bags seven years imprisonment for rape

By NAN
25 November 2015   |   9:37 am
A 35-year-old man, Stanley Edomwonyi, was on Wednesday in Benin sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl. The State Counsel, Mrs O.R. Ewemade, told the Court that the convict committed the crime on Oct. 24, 2013, at about 6:00 pm, at Block 7, Flat7, S and T Barracks, Ugbowo, Benin. The convict…

o-WOMEN-JAIL-facebookA 35-year-old man, Stanley Edomwonyi, was
on Wednesday in Benin sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a
nine-year-old girl.

The State Counsel, Mrs O.R. Ewemade, told the Court that the convict
committed the crime on Oct. 24, 2013, at about 6:00 pm, at Block 7, Flat7,
S and T Barracks, Ugbowo, Benin.

The convict was charged with rape which contravened Section 218 of the
criminal Code cap 48 vol. II laws of the defunct Bendel State of
Nigeria 1976 as applicable in Edo.

The Magistrate, Mrs Igho Braimoh, ruled that the convict was guilty as charged and
sentenced him to seven years imprisonment with hard labour.

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