An Ado Ekiti High Court has sentenced a 45-year-old commercial
driver, Lawrence Adedapo, to seven years imprisonment for raping an
80-year-old women, Madam Grace Asaolu.
Justice Dele Omotoso convicted Adedapo based on evidence before the
court which showed that the driver forcefully had carnal knowledge of
the old woman and was guilty as charged.
The convict sexually assaulted the octogenarian on 7th November, 2013
at Oke Erimope Street, Ogbese, Ise-Ekiti and was subsequently charged
to court.
In the course of the trial, Adedapo pleaded not guilty to the charge and gave evidence in his own defence but called no witness.
In his testimony, Adedapo who described the old woman as his “mother
as well as his concubine” whom he has been dating as far back as his
bachelor years claimed that Mrs. Asaolu framed him up.
He claimed that the old woman had earlier approached him for a sum of
money to travel to her village but on that date, she walked into his
room and demanded for the money.
The driver claimed that the old woman 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 confessed to have
been dating the woman before the incident and that she consented to the
sexual intercourse.
Ajayi tendered the blood-stained clothes of the victim which was recovered from the scene of the incident.
The trial judge resolved all issues for determination against Adedapo
and consequently sentenced him to a jail term of seven years for
unlawfully having carnal knowledge of the old woman.
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