A 45-year-old commercial driver, Lawrence
Adedapo, has been sentenced to seven
years in prison by an Ado Ekiti High Court for
raping an 80-year-old woman, Madam Grace
Asaolu.
Adedapo had sexually assaulted the
octogenarian on November 7, 2013, at Oke
Erimope Street, Ogbese, Ise-Ekiti in Ise/Orun
Local Government Area of Ekiti State and
was subsequently charged to court.
He had pleaded not guilty to the charge
when he was brought to court and had given
evidence in his own defence and did not call
any witness.
He had claimed in his testimony during the
trial that the old woman as his “mother as
well as his concubine” whom he has been
dating as far back as his bachelor years.
He claimed that the victim, Mrs Asaolu had
framed him up, and alleged that the old
woman had earlier approached him for some
money to travel to her village, but on that
date, she walked into his room and
demanded for the money.
According to Adedapo, Asaolu had started
romancing him, which eventually led to a
sexual intercourse after he had given her
N1,000.
The prosecution led by the Attorney General
and Commissioner for Justice, Owoseni
Ajayi, gave evidence that the convict
claimed in his confession to have been
dating the woman before the incident and
that she consented to the sexual
intercourse.
But Ajayi tendered the bloodstained clothes
of the victim, which was recovered from the
scene of the incident.
In his judgement, Justice Dele Omotoso
convicted Adedapo based on the evidence
before the court, which he said showed that
the driver forcefully had a carnal knowledge
of the old woman.
Justice Omotoso pronounced Adedapo guilty
as charged, after he had resolved all issues
for determination against him.
Consequently, he sentenced him to a jail
term of seven years for unlawfully carnal
knowledge of the old woman.
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