Man sentenced to 21 years in prison for sleeping with his 12 years old daughter
A court in Ikeja, Lagos, gave Akin Isaac 21 years in prison for defiling and ending his daughter’s pregnancy when she was only 12 years old.
The man reportedly began having sex with his daughter when she was six years old, according to reports. Following the convict’s application for a plea bargain on April 21, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo gave him a 21-year prison term.
In light of the defendant’s guilty plea to one count of defilement, Justice Taiwo declared: “I hereby find the defendant guilty as charged.” Following his conviction, the court then asked the defendant whether he had anything to say.
The prisoner begged for forgiveness while on his knees in the dock, saying that he needed to care for his elderly mother.
He was then sentenced to 21 years in jail, with the stipulation that it should start on the date of his arrest in June 2020. The judge had earlier questioned Mrs. Omowumi Bajulaye-Bishi, the state attorney, about whether the defendant should accept the 21-year plea agreement because of how passionate the survivor was during her testimony.
“I remember the survivor clearly. She was weeping right here in the box. Abortion, pregnancy, drugs, beatings, and other inhumane treatment at the hands of her own father? Do you think twenty years is good enough for him? “the judge asked.
In her assessment of the facts dated July 6, Bajulaye-Bishi informed the court that the defendant sought and chose to amend his plea, which resulted in the information against him being modified to the offense of defilement. The prosecutor says that the defendant began having illegal sex with his 18-year-old daughter when she was only six years old and that their relationship led to at least one pregnancy.
She further claimed that the defendant tried to get her an abortion and often gave her medications to avoid getting pregnant.
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