12-Yr-Old Docked Over Defiling Little Child

A 12-year-old boy was on Monday arraigned before an Abule-Egba Magistrate's Court in Lagos, for allegedly defiling a three-year-old minor.

The accused is facing a one-count charge of rape.

According to the prosecutor, Insp Racheal Williams, the offence was committed at the accused's residence, where the teenager lives with his parents, on Dec. 2.

The victim is reportedly their neighbour's daughter. The boy is said to have carried the child to the bathroom and raped her.

"It was the cry of the child that attracted the child's mother and the Police was alerted,"Williams said.

The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

However, the accused pleaded not guilty and the Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered the arrest of the accused's parents.

He granted the boy bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till Dec. 20, for mention.
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