A man was sentenced to three life sentences plus 76 years in prison after being convicted of raping, molesting and sodomizing a 13-year-old girl in Douglas County, authorities said.
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Adedoja Olaniyi Bah was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars Wednesday, the Douglas County District Attorney's Office said in a news release. He was convicted on 12 counts in late October after a six-day jury trial.
On July 15, 2017, Bah chased the victim into some woods near the Reserve at Sweetwater Apartments where she lived before punching her, throwing her to the ground and holding her down, the release said. He then raped and sodomized her.
During the attack, Bah threatened to kill her if she resisted, the release said.
The victim frantically ran to a family friend’s apartment for help after the attack, while Bah calmly walked to his vehicle and drove away, the release said.
Bah was arrested the following month by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, AJC.com previously reported. He was visiting the United States at the time of the incident, officials said. He is from Nigeria and last lived in Japan.
Investigators were able to find surveillance footage that showed Bah chase the victim into the woods, and two types of DNA evidence helped tie Bah to the crime, the release said. The victim also testified during the trial.
The jury returned the guilty verdict after less than an hour of deliberation.
Bah was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, battery, two counts of child molestation and two counts of aggravated child molestation.
He received the maximum sentence allowed by law, which Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Samantha J. Newnan requested. She cited the “severity of the attack, the age of the victim, and (Bah’s) complete lack of remorse” as the reasons for the strict sentencing.
Before he was sentenced, Bah asked the court for mercy in the case, requesting to be allowed to return to Nigeria, the release said. That request was denied.
sniperr007: So the person's financial situation or number of foreign trips is a criteria to marry someone?
No wonder marriages dontlast anymore.
What should matter is if you are genuinely care about the person and vice versa. Not what the person has in account.
Remember that money is conditional and passport is obtainable.
With Canada pr, UK start up visa, person can get those passports and more easily.
Look beyond.
I was only countering the words he used against the girl. Money matters in marriage, it matters in life. Having a citizenship other than naija matters too because of the current situation in Nigeria. Poor people get divorced, rich people get divorced.
IgweBUIKE1: abeg tell me wetin de special about this bonny structure other than the pretty face and the Yankee background? ?una go just open mouth de talk to people anyhow
What is special about being fat or Nigerian background or not having a pretty face? You are the one talking anyhow. How much do you earn yearly. Do you own a house? How many countries have you visited? What does your future look like? You need to speak positive things daily to attract positive things my friend.
Depressed101: thank you for your time. Please I don't know if I can get a comprehensive list of answers to this Poland visa questions.. I don't want any Bleep up,
Do you Have any Family Member or Friends Living in the Schengen Area?
Have You Booked Or Bought The Flight Ticket?
Have You Ever Travelled To Other Places?
What is your monthly or yearly income?
Do you have a credit card?
What is your source of income/ where do you work?
What is your work all about?
What do you know about the country you are visiting?
What Is Your Educational Qualification?
What assets/property do you have in your home country?
Which Countries in the Schengen Area are You Planning to Visit?
Are You Married? If Yes, What Does Your Spouse Do?
For How Long Have You Been Married?
Do You Have Any Children?
If Yes, How Old Are They, What Do They Do?
When Was Your Last Time Seeing Your Son/Daughter?
How Do I Know You Will Return Home Within The Visa Allowed Period?
Purpose specific questions:
Questions for employment visa application: what visa type you are applying for?
What is the name of your employer company? Contact person?
How did you find this job?
Where is the job place located?
What are your job schedule, salary, conditions?
Where you will be accommodated?
what qualifications do you have?
Is your qualification suitable for this position?
You should answer the questions with answers you can back up. Polish visa is really hard to get though. France visa is easier because it's a touristic country. It all depends on your purpose of travelling.
Happened just now. A building was on fire in my neighborhood in Poland, I missed all the real action, the smoke is the aftermath of the fire after it had been put out. I think the firefighters in this city are bored because only one or two tankers would have done the job, but four heavy duty tankers are here with a police van too.
Its almost midnight so it's dark but would be posting photos tomorrow of the building when it's sun is out.
elampiro: Life threatening situations occur frequently in Nigeria due to recklessness, unnecessary speed and impatience in driving. White people are too discipline. Without supervision, they stay on their lane even when traffic is heavy on that lane, and there is another lane to wrongly 'cut corner'. And here in Europe, police no dey here abeg. You might do something wrong in driving and go free, but when you are caught, they fine you. If you park you car in a wrong place, when you return, a ticket is placed on your car and you get a copy in your email. If you think you are stubborn, try bot no pay and you finish yourself
Thank you, the oil wey dey head na foreign. I couldn't say it better.
Life threatening to me is when someone crosses a road which is not a zebra crossing where cars are driving on high speed, or a driver driving in reverse on an expressway etc and an emergency is when someone is dying or badly hurt. In most if not all developed countries, pedestrians only cross roads at a zebra crossing or when the traffic lights gives green to pedestrians.
Cousin9999: What if the guy has an untreated condition? What if someone in his family did something, and the village shuns him? What if the guy's family was incredibly abusive, and he had to steal to eat from a young age?
I think we should save certain punishments for those who need to learn the hard way, or those who will never learn.
I don't think prison should be a substitute for actually dealing with problems in society. And it benefits everyone when the justice system and government has this approach. This is the mentality society must have for progress.
Whatever reason it is that made him steal, he should be punished. From stealing yam and getting away with it, he would get better at stealing and steal more valuable things and then get better and then maybe carry guns.
I have committed crimes in my youth and I did the time and learnt from it. This guy if he truly wants to better himself will go to jail, reflect on the life his has lived and change his ways.