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The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state has sentenced a private school teacher, Idowu Daniel, to seven years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student on the school premises.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, noted that the prosecution failed to establish the charge of defilement.
The judge said the confessional statement by the defendant, made voluntarily, showed that he sexually assaulted the minor.
According to the judge, the defendant made an attempt but there seem to be no penetration.
He said “The defendant admitted to have fondled the breast of the victim twice and tried to have sex with her but could not penetrate as she was a virgin.
It was gathered that the 31-year-old convict pleaded for mercy when asked to speak.
He said “My lord, I am very sorry for what happened. I promise it will not happen again,” he told the court
The justice posited that the culprit would have bagged severe punishment if the victim had come physically to testify.
Justice Taiwo strongly chided Daniel for touching the teenager in a suggestive way.
“You are a teacher and you were touching the breast of your student. You would have gone for life if the victim had come to court to testify”, she said.
The judge earlier sentenced the convict to five years imprisonment, but increased to seven years after saying he had been in custody for three years.