A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja yesterday sentenced one Bamidele Folorunsho to 10 years imprisonment for defilement of a minor.
Justice Rahman Oshodi convicted the defendant of a two-count amended charge brought against him by the prosecutor, O. Aluko.
The charges were indecent treatment and sexual assault of a minor who rub her anus with hisv hands and fondled her breasts.
The defendant was initially charged with the offence of defilement of a 12-year-old girl in February 2018.
He pleaded not guilty on his arraignment in October 2021.
He was re-arraigned on December 11, this year on a two-count amended charge offence following a plea bargain agreement.
The survivor was12 years old at the time the alleged offence was committed.
The prosecutor, Aluko informed the court that both parties have entered a plea and sentence agreement.
He further informed the court that the plea bargain required filing an amended charge.