Driver sentenced to life imprisonment in Ondo

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A Keke NAPEP driver,  Blessing Kingsley, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a teenager in Ondo

Kingsley is to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a 14-year-old girl and infecting her with Hepatitis B.

Justice Bode Adegbehingbe of an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, who gave the judgement after a two-year trial, said the weight of evidence proved without doubt that Kingsley was guilty of the one-count charge of rape.

It was gathered that the prosecutor, described the judgement as another success in the campaign against rape.

Further details later……

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