P.M.EXPRESS reports that it was the judgment of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday, March 23, 2023 against Parmer for having unlawful carnal knowledge of the victim and the offence was committed on 10th December, 2019, inside his office in Magodo area of Lagos.
The mother of the victim had brought her to the office and left her to attend to other things, when the convict quickly removed her pants and had sexual intercourse with her.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the prosecution had sufficiently proven the charge of defilement against the convict and subsequently sentenced him accordingly.
“The evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses established the ingredients of the offence against the defendant, who was properly identified by the victim who gave vivid and gory account of her ordeal in the hands of the defendant,” the judge stated.
“I hereby find him guilty as charged of the one-count charge of defilement, and he is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendant should have his name registered in the sexual offence register as maintained by Lagos State.” the judge added.
The judge further berated the victim’s mother for being negligent in her care and allowing her child to be taken away by her male colleague without supervision.
“The need for proper and good parentage cannot be undermined at this age and time where defilement and rape are the order of the day. Parents should be alive to their responsibilities,” the Judge stated.
The State Counsel, Olufunke Adegoke, had presented two witnesses and two exhibits during the trial, while the defendant testified as the sole witness in the case which led to his conviction.