An Ikeja Sexual Offences & Domestic Violence Court Sentenced David Charles to 7 Years Imprisonment for Indecent Treatment and 1 Year Imprisonment for Assaulting a 10 Year Old Girl.
Both sentences are to run consecutively.
His name will be registered in the Sexual Offenders Register as maintained by The Lagos State Government.
Justice Rahman Oshodi convicted him after he pleaded guilty to the two amended charges brought against him by the Lagos State Government.
In a charge marked ID/6934C/2018, Charles was initially arraigned on July 28, 2021, over an allegation of defilement and indecent treatment of a child, and he pleaded not guilty.
According to the prosecution, the offences committed contravened Sections 135, 170 and punishable under Section 172 of the Criminal Law Lagos State, 2015.
During the trial, the prosecution called witnesses while the defendant testified for himself and later opted for a plea bargain.
He was, therefore, re-arraigned on amended two counts bordering on indecent treatment of a child and assault.
He pleaded guilty to the two counts and the court held his plea. However, while delivering judgment, Justice Oshodi held that the court had carefully considered the facts of the case, the plea bargain agreement, and the provisions of the law.
The court, therefore, sentenced him to seven years imprisonment on count one and one year imprisonment on count two.
The court held that the sentences shall run consecutively by the plea bargain agreement between both parties. Therefore, the total term of imprisonment shall be eight years.
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