Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences & Domestic Violence Court has Sentenced, Michael Mowete, a School Bus Driver to Life Imprisonment for Defiling a 3 Year Old Child.
His name will be registered in the Sexual Offenders Register as maintained by Lagos State.
Oshodi, in his judgment, said the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the charge of defilement against Mowete.
According to the judge, the prosecution gave direct evidence as the survivor, despite her age, narrated to the court how the convict defiled her. The judge said the evidence of the survivor was corroborated with the mother’s and the medical examination evidence, while the investigative police officer gave circumstantial evidence in the case.
Oshodi said: “The mother of the prosecutrix (survivor), in her evidence, said that on September 27, 2019, the school bus driver dropped her daughter off and her daughter told her, ‘Mummy! mummy! Uncle Michael touched my bum bum and jumped on me.’
“The mother said she thought it was just an ordinary touch until she wanted to bathe her daughter at night, and she started shouting when water touched her private parts.
“The defence, in its final written address, argued that the prosecutrix was coached, but the evidence before this court does not show this as the convict in his evidence said that he was alone with the prosecutrix on the day of the incident and this also corroborated the evidence of the mother that on September 27, 2019, the driver solely brought her child home at 6.00 p.m. as against the 3.00 p.m. which she usually returned home.”
“The prosecution has discharged the burden of proof against Mowete, and he is hereby convicted under Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State (2015).”
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