Court remands boy, 14, for allegedly defiling neighbour’s daughter

An Ikeja magistrate court, on Wednesday, ordered that a 14-year-old boy (name withheld) who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old neighbour’s daughter be remanded in a correctional home pending legal advice. Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi, who did not take the plea of the teen, ordered that he should be kept at the Correctional Centre in Oregun, Ikeja, pending […]

An Ikeja magistrate court, on Wednesday, ordered that a 14-year-old boy (name withheld) who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old neighbour’s daughter be remanded in a correctional home pending legal advice.

Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi, who did not take the plea of the teen, ordered that he should be kept at the Correctional Centre in Oregun, Ikeja, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Osunsanmi ordered the police to return the case file to the DPP and adjourned the case until Sept. 2 for mention.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the juvenile committed the offence at his residence.

Ayorinde said he defiled their neighbour’s daughter on two occasions.

He said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015.  (NAN)