37-Year-Old Man Arrested For Raping 21-Month-Old Baby In Lagos

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the remand of a 37-year-old Veronica Vincent, who allegedly assaulted a 21-month-old baby.<br><br>Vincents remand will be pending the legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.<br><br>The Chief Magistrate, Olufunke Sule-Amzat, ordered that the defendant to be remanded in Kirikiri Prison as the court did not take the plea of the defendant.<br><br>The defendant, who lives at No. 33, Ararait Street by Egbeda Bus Stop, Idimu, a Lagos suburb, is charged with unlawful indecent sexual assault.<br><br>Sule-Amzat adjourned the case until April 22.<br><br>Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Benson Emuerhi, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on February 12 at 6.00 p.m. at her residence.<br><br>Emuerhi alleged that the defendant sexually assaulted the victim, a one-year-nine months-old girl (name withheld), that was placed in her care.<br><br>He alleged that the victim was sexually assaulted through her vagina and anus in the premises of the day care centre of the defendant.<br><br>The prosecutor told the court that the case was reported to the police at Idimu Police Divisional Station by the victims mother.<br><br>Emuerhi told the court that the defendant was arrested by the police and was later transferred to the Gender Section, Lagos Police Command, Ikeja, for further investigation.<br><br>The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.<br><a href="http://gimmehear.com/37-year-old-man-rapes-21-months-old-baby/">http://gimmehear.com/37-year-old-man-rapes-21-months-old-baby/</a>
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