Court jails 28-year-old man for raping housemaid

For raping a housemaid, a 28-year-old man, Sheyi Raphael, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja.

The accused, a resident of Nzube Estate, Lokogoma, Apo, Abuja, committed the offence on November 6, 2013.

Presiding judge, Mr. Adamu Wakili, sentenced Raphael when he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Apart from the jail term, the judge also ordered the convict to pay N10, 000 to the victim or serve additional six months in prison.

The judge said that the punishment was to serve as deterrent to people who engage in such acts.

Addressing the court, the prosecutor, Corporal Christian Munonye, said that the victim was a housemaid at No. 79, Nzube Estate, Lokogoma, Apo, Abuja.

He said that Raphael went to the victim’s house on the pretext of borrowing a phone charger.

No sooner had he got into the apartment than he overpowered and raped her.

Munonye told the court that the victim was later taken to a hospital for medical examination.

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