Lagos Landlord Bags Life Sentence For Abusing Tenants’Children

He was arraigned on four-count charge bordering on 3exu@l assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child.

The judge, Abiola Soladoye, ruled that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, adding that the survivors identified the defendant and the evidence exposed him as a “bare-faced liar”.

The court also  held that  the landlord committed the offences at Shagari estate in the Ipaja area of the state, between January and June 2021.

Ambrose was found guilty of inserting fingers  into the private parts of his tenant’s children  said to be – aged 7 and 11.

The judge described the landlord as a “dirty old man” who fingered and touched the br3a$ts of the survivors on the pretext of helping them with their school assignments.

“The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses (survivors) were credible, as they cannot consent to being fingered by the landlord,” the judge ruled.

“The defendant was identified as the assailant and their evidence was corroborated by their mother and the investigating police officer (IPO) who visited the crime scene and a clear account of the assault and indecent treatment was confirmed.”

The judge sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment for count one and count two each; while counts three and four carried seven years jail term each.

“Counts one and two carry life imprisonment each; the defendant is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment on each of the count charge,” Soladoye added.