An Abeokuta Magistrates Court has sentenced a teenager, Adeola Saheed, to six months imprisonment for attempting to rape a 35-year-old woman on Friday.
The 19 year-old teenager, who resides in the Brewery area of Abeokuta, was charged with conspiracy, indecent assault and attempt to rape.
The magistrate, Mrs O.O Odumosu, said that the prosecution has proven its case beyond reasonable doubt that Saheed was guilty as charged.
Teenager Sentenced to Six Month Imprisonment
jerrymusa.com reports that, Saheed committed the offence around Olomore Housing Estate in Abeokuta.
The prosecutor, ASP Olakunle Shonibare, noted that the defendant ran into the complainant’s compound with a plank and screw driver, pretending to be chasing a thief.
“When he got to the compound he saw the complainant washing clothes outside her house and asked if she saw any one that ran into her compound and if she was the only one in the compound.
An Attempt of Rape
“The complainant, on replying to the convict, said that she was the only one in the compound and that she did not see any thief run into her compound.
“When she picked up her phone and tried calling her husband, the convict attacked her.
“Immediately, the convict attacked her with the plank he was holding, held her neck, and tore her cloth, with an attempt to rape her, but fortunately the husband to the complainant came to her rescue,” he said.
This offence contravened sections 516, 360, and 359 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.