Labourer jailed for sexually assaulting employer’s 2-yr-old baby
AN Akure Magistrates’ Family Court, in Ondo state, has sentenced a 40 year old farm labourer, Peter Jude to two years imprisonment, for sexually assaulting his employer’s two-year-old baby. The trail Magistrate, Mrs B. Alphonso, said that “The defendant is hereby, sentenced to two calendar years with hard labour and he should be whipped for two days.” Alphonso, convicted and sentenced Jude, after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged the court for leniency. She said that “Taking the prevalence of the offence, the court has to set an example to serve as a deterrent to others. The police had earlier arraigned the convict on one count of indecent sexual assault. Police prosecutor, Martins Olowofeso, said that the defendant, who is one of the labourers on the victim's father’s farm, committed the offence on July 14, 2024, at Dele Ojo Camp, at Uso, Owo Local Government Area of the state. Olowofeso said Jude indecently assaulted a two-year-old baby. The offence, according to h...