Paedophile, Moses Joseph Sentence To 30yrs Imprisonment For Defiling Minor

A Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos State has sentenced a Paedophile, Moses Joseph, to 30yrs imprisonment for defiling a minor.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in her judgement, said that from the substantial evidence presented before the court, she found the defendant guilty as charge.

“The substantial evidences are overwhelming, therefore, I find the defendant guilty of all counts.

“I have listened to the allocutus for the defence and on the first count I sentence you to seven years imprisonment and on the second count, I sentence you to 30 years imprisonment which will run concurrently, the judge ruled.

Meanwhile, in an earlier allocutus, the defence counsel, Henry Obidinna pleaded with the court to tamper justice with mercy and for a light sentence, as the defendant was a first time offender, who had been corporative since his arrest in Sept. 2021 and is remorseful.

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The defence counsel said the convict was the breadwinner of his family and his younger brother died from shock when he heard of the defendants arrest, adding that the event had been kept away from his aged mother.

The judge, after listening to the allocutus of the defence counsel, asked the convicted Paedophile if he had anything to say to the court and he prayed for mercy.

Lagos State through Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, had alleged that the defendant, on Sept. 17, 2021, about 11:00 p.m, indecently treated the minor, by putting his finger in her vagina.

It said that the crime took place at 25, Kadiri Street, Alausa, Ikeja, in contravention of Sections 135, 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.