Thursday 5 September 2013

Court remands man, 34, for alleged rape of 12-year-old

An Enugu Magistrate Court, yesterday,
remanded one Monday Okoye, 34, of Obuofia, in
Awgu Local Government Area of the state in
prison custody over alleged rape of a 12-year-old
girl. The police in Enugu had arraigned Okoye before
the court over alleged offence. The prosecutor, Mr Peter Eze, told the court that
the matter was reported to the state Criminal
Investigation Department on August 11. Eze said the rape victim was absent in the court
because she was hospitalised following the injury
she sustained from the rape. The prosecutor called seven witnesses to testify in
the matter. The magistrate, Mr Frank Chukwu, asked the
accused if he had a counsel and he said he had
none. Chukwu said that the case would be transferred to
the high court because it bordered on rape,
adding that such was outside the jurisdiction of a
magistrate court. He, however, added that the prosecuting
witnesses would testify in the high court on the
matter. He warned that each witness would pay N50,000
if they failed to appear in the high court for the
case. The magistrate ordered the accused to be
remanded in prison custody and adjourned the
case indefinitely.

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