Palm wine tapper rapes grandmother to death
AN Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a 27-year-old, palm wine tapper, Winma Chinecherem in prison for allegedly raping to death an 80-year-old woman, Felicia Aderibigbe. Chinecherem, was charged to court by the police, on a one-count murder charge. Police Prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, informed the court that the accused committed the offence on May 17, 2023 at about 10 pm at Ago Erinje via Costian Ore, Ondo State. Akintimehin said that defendant tied the Octogenerian with cloth inside her cocoa farm and raped her to death. According to charge, the offence contravenes Section 319 of the Criminal Law of Ondo State, 2006. The court did not take the plea of the defendant. The Police Prosecutor, prayed the court to remand the suspect in a correctional centre until a legal advice from the Office of the Director of the Public Prosecution is received. However, the defendant in his statement read in the court denied being responsible for the woman’s death. He said that ...